Apple sues Nokia in London over touch-screen scroll patent

More on topic, 37 patents? Holy crap. I know it's been said before, but this is beyond ridiculous. Especially since most of those patents were filed for approval and granted after everyone was already using the ideas, not to mention it isn't always the case that the first company to use an idea is the one to get the patent. Again, broken record here, but this system needs an overhaul.

Actually, jrbonette, I hadn't really given any thought to other place names and the fact that most (apparently) are not in use in their original forms when used internationally. Suddenly I feel like such a small man, a small man indeed. The mind, as all things, will atrophy when it is not properly exercised. I am happy due to your comment. Thank you, in this case I certainly needed putting in my place. I'll think twice before posting a daft comment next time.

There is no such place as Dusseldorf. There is Düsseldorf, spelled Duesseldorf if you don't have the ability to include an umlaut in your word processor. Then again, following English usage, you'd get lost going from Hamelin to Munich, since neither really exists in Germany either. Now, if you were to drive from Hameln to München, you might not have such troubles. I'm sorry, I just don't understand how it's that difficult when we don't seem to see the need to screw up Spanish place names in such ways.