The way things run today, I would suppose that Apple gets hundreds of suggestions a day.
How many lawsuits do you think would have been filed if Apple had, for example, written back to people who suggested adding video to the Ipods a " thanks for your suggestion " letter before they got around to putting one into production ?
Perhaps her teacher might be brought up to date on how things work in the world these days.
"How many lawsuits do you think would have been filed if Apple had, for example, written back to people who suggested adding video to the Ipods a " thanks for your suggestion " letter before they got around to putting one into production ? "
Exactly. Companies must protect themselves from the crackpots who try to get rich by contesting intellectual property rights by claiming to have given the company an idea. It can be expensive to prove that you were working on an invention for 5 years before someone from out of the woods sends you a letter suggesting it.