http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1831 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1831/comment-page-1#comment-3128 Reader's Write Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:10:15 +0000 #comment-3128 As I was wrapping my sandwich in Glad clingwrap, I noticed that the little 'tabs' that I punched in at the ends of the box were copywritten. Basic idea is you, with your thumb, push 'in' the cardboard. The 'pushed in' bit holds the roll in place, so that it doesn't fly out when you pull on it. This 'patent' makes me say 'duh'! Because 'Glad' came up with that idea, does that make it illegal for other companies to have a 'push-in' tab? Where does a 'patented' idea become something that just makes sense? Something that would have happened anyhow? I hate to pull my own chain, but I thought of 'the remote control finder' many years back....press a button on a station (TV) and the remote beeps. Common sense to me! It's something that I knew would happen. As I was wrapping my sandwich in Glad clingwrap, I noticed that the little ‘tabs’ that I punched in at the ends of the box were copywritten.
Basic idea is you, with your thumb, push ‘in’ the cardboard. The ‘pushed in’ bit holds the roll in place, so that it doesn’t fly out when you pull on it.
This ‘patent’ makes me say ‘duh’!
Because ‘Glad’ came up with that idea, does that make it illegal for other companies to have a ‘push-in’ tab?
Where does a ‘patented’ idea become something that just makes sense? Something that would have happened anyhow?
I hate to pull my own chain, but I thought of ‘the remote control finder’ many years back….press a button on a station (TV) and the remote beeps.
Common sense to me! It’s something that I knew would happen.

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