Microsoft claims patent on the "Doubleclick"!
 

this software patent bullshit is just WRONG! :feels-hot

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...S=PN/6,727,830

WTF? People were double clicking on 'nix and Mac mouses long before Win<b></b>dows existed...

WTF hahaha the double click, then im gonna patent the right click now, should make me some money :)

I already own that patent.

...omg patent Double-Clicks,
It wouldnt surprise me if they already have the patent on Single-Click...

I have set my computer up for single click only, so I guess I am safe from Microsofts wrath :1orglaugh

Im tired of this patent bullshit. Hasnt anyone ever heard of sharing!@??

maybe apple owns that? :Graucho

What a fucking amazing invention.

Shouldn't Xerox - the inventor of the mouse - own all that shit?

I have Patented the Patent. So All of you better start paying NOW:Graucho

Ouu Billi. how much you pay for that :)

The brilliant guy that invented the mouse didn't think it would survive, so he sold the patent for a couple of grand...

must be kicking himself now

Eveything these days is so clicky! :Graucho

:Graucho

They're going to sue who, Mac? :1orglaugh

Pretty soon, people are gonna patent the "on button" and "thinking about what you want to do."

I'm still waiting for some programmer to patent "hello world" and expect payment should anyone want to learn how to do programming... in each language.

Actually Yes but they thought it wouldnt go nowhere so it wasnt patented. The suits never realized they could have owned the pc industry.

I still remember Apple Lisa ads in Byte magazine in the early 80s that raved about the natural "pointing" method that a mouse used. I thought you aimed it at the screen. :1orglaugh

(well, I *was* only young...)

Hehehehehe, niiiice

Do people even read links or do they just blindly accept what they see in the subject?

This patent has nothing to do with general double-clicking. Jesus fucking christ.

The patent is about having "Application" buttons on a handheld (PDA) and allowing the user to press them to re-launch the given app. If they hold down the button, the user is given multiple options such as launching the app with a new hahahahahahahaha, etc.

The idea is novel, and therefore is clearly patentable. It was originally filed with the patent office over five years ago.

Everymorning I get up and thank the IBM gods for inventing the pc, and NOT getting a patent on it.


Thank you IBM