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Click this patent[1]. Click "Original document". Tell me with a straight face that this is not patent trolling.

They patented "the ornamental design for an electronic device" which is a "thin rectangular cuboid with rounded corners"[2]. Tell me with a straight face this is the point of the patent system.

[1] http://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=USD...

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electroni...

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This is an industrial design patent, and there are many like that. [1] Try coping the Coke bottle and you´ll be sued. Try coping the iPhone and you´ll be sued. Simple.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent

You do not understand the term "patent trolling". Give up.

So you _do_ think that this is a valid, enforceable patent that represents how the system _should_ work?

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