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This is good. Thank you Europe. But what about regulations that favour market diversity? We should regulate the payment interface to encourage the emergence of non-US companies in the system.
The advent of such technology seems inevitable. I wonder how much will regulations manage to limit its widespread. We need to make sure that our security/surveillance madness doesn't take us too far.
Yes! Or a bar code/serial number encrusted in bikes' structure would do. Only this requires efforts from bike brands, owner, or shops to obtain a sustainable back-end tracking infrastructure.
Samsung can:
1. Negotiate a license with Apple to use patented gestures. => Reduces profit margins on Samsung phones. Bad news.
2. Invent/use other gestures. => Forces users to learn new gestures. Should be fine.
3. Challenge the patent system claiming User Interface patents should not be. => Re-initiates the debate on the use of patents to protect inventions/stop innovation, in particular when it comes to UIs. The real question.
Let's refocus. This question requires a deeper analysis than a simple analogy with car manufacturers, but fortunately does not require hackers to turn IP experts.