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作者紹興師爺
假如三星是2007年3月公開的，那還是比蘋果早，蘋果的專利有沒有效，必須以專利申請日為準來判斷，而不是手機發表日或內部的定案日期，只要蘋果專利申請前，已經有類似已公開的設計，蘋果的專利可能就會失效，既然是外觀設計專利，三星只要提出非蘋果已公開的手機外觀設計就可以，不需要管裡面bug如何
蘋果外觀設計專利有沒有效，跟蘋果控告那些手機無關，只要舉發在蘋果專利申請日之前，已經有類似外觀的已公開設計，足以使蘋果工程師看到後產生模仿或參考的可能性，就可以去質疑甚至推翻蘋果專利的有效性
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A Guide To Filing A Design Patent Application
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/co...brochure_05.pdf
35 U.S.C. 102 Conditions for patentability;
novelty and loss of right to patent
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless -
(a) the invention was known or used by others in
this country, or patented or described in a printed
publication in this or a foreign country, before the
invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or
(b) the invention was patented or described in a
printed publication in this or a foreign country or
in public use or on sale in this country, more than
one year prior to the date of the application for
patent in the United States,
其他的我就略過
基本上在美國, 先公開的人有一年的時間申請專利(跟歐洲不同,歐洲只要公開就沒的申請)
Apple在Jan 2007公開, 那他只要到Jan 2008前申請專利都可以