The patents involved in Apple v. Samsung provide a perfect example of why this obviousness standard is proper.
Doug's huge, mostly unfurnished house, built on land once owned by the Graves family, is Haslett's Forsterian symbol; as with much else in the book, the reader at first resists the sheer size of this thematic obviousness, and is gradually won over by it.
The novel is interesting in spite of the obviousness of its material.
First, she agreed with them that, because of "the obviousness of the evidence" they had gathered against him, he should be put on trial without a preliminary hearing.
When the President finished speaking, a few minutes before Boehner began, he had a look of slight satisfaction on his face — the expression of a man fully persuaded of the obviousness of his own good sense.
Of course, there's always the "Wayne's World" approach, which at least makes light of the obviousness of the product placement, thus making it tolerable.
Where a past article does not contain the entirety of the invention, a patent for the invention may only be invalidated on the basis of the obviousness doctrine.
But Mr. Kloves says that this lack of obviousness made it seem obvious to him, "because I love the films of the late 60's and early 70's".
But what his ruling does is deprive the N.S.A. of the argument of obviousness: the idea that what it is doing is plainly legal, plainly necessary, and nothing for decent people to worry about.
The Grammys want to like Calvin Harris (he's been nominated before), and while it's likely that they'll throw a bone to his monster hit of epic obviousness, "Summer," this is the record that deserves a nod.
Calvin Harris, Alesso & Hurts: "Under Control" The Grammys want to like Calvin Harris (he's been nominated before), and while it's likely that they'll throw a bone to his monster hit of epic obviousness, "Summer," this is the record that deserves a nod.
