handheldcomputer.de: Jim Gettys: Apple Patents Portrait-Landscape Flipping: the patent system is broken…

I noticed with interest Slashdot’s article last week on Apple Patenting Portrait-Landscape flipping based on control of one or more accelerometers in Slashdot last week. As I work at Bell Labs these days, I don’t read patents, so I’ll just go on the summary I read there. Here’s some prior art from June ...

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