Warp wrote:
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390
> 
>   If the US patent office was capable of actually checking for obvious
> prior art, then *maybe* one could perhaps accept software patents. As it
> is, it's just crazy.
> 
>   (And no, having a graphical sudo is not innovative. Many systems have
> had automatic graphical sudos for a long, long time, including eg. Suse
> Linux.)

The Optimus keyboard website still says "patents pending". There is not only 
prior art but also a prior *patent* (filed a decade ago) about a keyboard 
with screens on each key.

And last year, Apple filed a patent for such a keyboard. Despite Optimus 
being produced and sold already.

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