Microsoft Files Patent for Dragable Tabs in Browsers

[Guest]

Microsoft has filed a patent for dragging tabs in web browsers.

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[errorcode99]

All i have to say about this is HAHAHAHA.

 

[del35]

Sounds like Apple's ways are catching on.

 

[Guest]

No. No. NO. Stop this madness microsoft.

Honestly, some people just want the world to burn

 

[freggo]

What's next? Patenting the FILE location on the top left of window menus ?

 

[darkstar845]

What, seriously?

 

[mrpijey]

Even if it's bad that you can patent these kind of things it's understandable why MS does it. They rather patent it, or someone else will and then come back to sue Microsoft.

Remember, even if MS patents this doesn't mean they will sue everyone else that do a similiar thing. But in the corporate world you're either the predator or the prey. And when it comes to patents it's a very dirty and corrupt game, especially with software patents where everything can be patented, regardless how silly and insignificant it is.

 

[mrmaia]

Soon someone will patent the concept of clicking and dragging.

 

[mariusmotea]

What if Opera (or who invent the tabs) patent the tabs in browsers?

 

[msgun98]

If you can't beat the competition (aka: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc.), sue em.

 

[raringcoder]

[citation][nom]mrmaia[/nom]Soon someone will patent the concept of clicking and dragging.[/citation]Fairly certain Apple did something very close to this with "slide to unlock"... when mouse / touch expressions become patentable, we have more problems than we care to realise.

 

[hetneo]

[citation][nom]mrmaia[/nom]Soon someone will patent the concept of clicking and dragging.[/citation]
I think that Apple or MS bought that patent from Xerox as part of GUI patents package.

 

[phraun]

I can speak for any of the other browsers, but chrome and firefox have been doing this since time out of mind. Good luck, MS. 😛

 

[belardo]

UH Opera... does most things first....

 

[devBunny]

A pox on all their houses!!

Uh oh. I used a pox that's already been patented. Anyone care to contribute to the licence fee? :-/

 

[Darkerson]

Oh god, what a load of BULLSHIT... Im so goddamn tired of these idiotic patents...

 

[alchemy69]

Prior art means nothing anymore. It's all about who can spend the most money on the best patent lawyers.

 

[matt_b]

More fodder for the argument on why the patent system needs an overhaul.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]What's next? Patenting the FILE location on the top left of window menus ?[/citation]
I'm going to say the power button.

 

[kartu]

They have patent for navigating links using keyboard, so prior art (Lynx FFS) doesn't quite help with USPO.