Comments on: Apple granted U.S. design patents for iBooks page-turning animation, iPad Smart Case

By: kingmel

kingmel — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:17:09 +0000

I guess that the Smart Cover patent must have been part of the licensing deal with Microsoft. Because the Surface is using that concept.

By: Jeff II

Jeff II — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:23:34 +0000

Sort of like Prometheus Bound, huh? You’re bound to enjoy that one.

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:21:05 +0000

*DING* Saw the same ad.

By: RePlay

RePlay — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:19:29 +0000

Oddly enough, just last evening I saw an ad for the new Nook and they were featuring the page-turning curl. Looked just like iBooks.

By: tincan2012

tincan2012 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:18:28 +0000

Idea was same, but implementation of ‘Classics’ page turning was rougher. Another app called ‘Eucalyptus’ was much smoother… and was also before iBooks. I hear you.

By: Blue Coyote

Blue Coyote — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:43:22 +0000

Fair enough, but you can’t simultaneously argue that something shouldn’t be patentable while, at the same time, calling it stolen.

In any case, Apple started lobbying for patent reform more than a decade ago, before most of us were paying much attention. In the meantime these are the rules as they stand today, and whether Apple agrees with them or not, they have no competitive choice but to continue pushing hard at identifying and patenting all IP that is core to their products.

Patent reform will take time, but frankly I think the major villains here are the so-called non-practicing entities (patent troll corps) who do nothing but take gross advantage of the system as it stands, 100% against the spirit of the law, even if obeying the letter.

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:24:47 +0000

Yes. And there could be the argument that you can’t patent natural behavior. That’s what pages do! Our US Patent Office consistently proves itself to be dire brain dead regarding that new fangled technology and such like.

Meanwhile, There Will Be LAWSUITS.

Barnes and Noble Nook: Apple is coming. No page turning for you!

By: Agent Provocateur

Agent Provocateur — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:55:17 +0000

The animation effect for page turning is not original. Someone needs to research Prior Art on this.

By: mistermuster

mistermuster — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:25:07 +0000

They stole this…
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/apple-tablet-ebook/

I love Apple, but am so SICK of software and design patents.

By: Preston

Preston — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:48:41 +0000

As a voracious reader, I like the page turning effect. It gives the device a “real” book look and feel, making the iBooks app superior to other less realistic software approaches.

By: alanaudio

alanaudio — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:47:37 +0000

“…much like a real binded book.”

Or even a bound book.

By: Indentured1

Indentured1 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:35:52 +0000

Didn’t we just examine (in excrutiating detail) the lack of need and desire for this? The torn calandar page, the fabric backgrounds, the wooden bookshelves? Personally, I like it. It gives a certain warmth to the hardness that is technology.