Blackmoor Vituperative

Here’s another case of a company (ab)using the legal system to make the world a less creative place. That is no surprise, but this is: this time, the evil corporation is Apple. An employee at Google created a Mac OSX inspired interface, where the icons enlarged when the cursor rolled over them, complete with a little love poem to OSX. Ah, the pain of unrequited love: Apple appears to have objected (Apple has sought patent protection for its rollover technique), and the offending page is now missing from Google (however, you can see a mirror of it here).

A patent for a rollover? Are they kidding? No, sadly: they aren’t.

Mark my words: if we don’t reverse this trend of permitting companies to subvert the legal system for their personal (or corporate) gain, it is going to be the downfall of our society. That isn’t hyperbole, folks.