[novamantis]

Public domain? I swear, I feel like I'm living in some kind of bizzaro world where everything copyrighted, trademarked, patented, cursed & sanctified... How is this even a dicussion?! We debating whether shaped are worth suing over & crying designs are worth this much. Am I the only one that sees how hilariously messed up this situation is?

[jrockway]

But the second hand has a cancerous growth at the end. The courts must protect this or nobody will create new clock designs anymore!