Apple granted 10 patents for design
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Apple received 10 design patents from the USPTO on Tuesday |
While always important, patents have become a very valuable corporate asset these days in light of the many lawsuits going back and forth in the cellular industry relating to alleged patent infringement. And of course, getting its hand on Motorola's patent portfolio was the reason behind Google's proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility. We recently told you that with 1,000 patents to its name, Apple trails other big companies in the industry like Samsung, Nokia, Motorola and LG.
source: PatentlyApple via MobileSyrup
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22 Comments
19. Lucas777 posted on 31 Aug 2011, 15:19 0 0
haha when apple sues google samsung htc and whoever else they feel like over the virtual qwerty keyboard that they just got a patent for people will care... yup i see apple taking full advantage of this..
2. AppleHater (unregistered) posted on 31 Aug 2011, 00:24 5 3
Apple must be feeling it tonight after the gs2 lauch
20. Lucas777 posted on 31 Aug 2011, 15:20 1 1
haha wait oh thats right isn't it banned in europe? apple is probably laughing..
22. protozeloz posted on 31 Aug 2011, 17:38 0 1
not yet and they will roll out a workaround to avoid the only patent they violated
3. CX3NT3_713 posted on 31 Aug 2011, 00:29 1 2
Lol fanboys suck ass!!!! Always made at something... Smh
7. todor (unregistered) posted on 31 Aug 2011, 03:12 4 1
For the design man ... not for the keyboard itself ...
23. narley posted on 31 Aug 2011, 20:06 1 0
for the "design"....?
oh you mean its not going to consist of square letters, in the same order of any keyboard out there...
yes good job apple. patenting something that wasnt orig developed by apple, just because you made a picture of it on a phones screen. QWERTY keyboard isnt a new design, therefore no patent should be possible.
P.S. I just patented an offwhite eggshell virtual keyboard, who can i sue?!?
5. 530gemini posted on 31 Aug 2011, 01:28 5 10
Good for Apple. This will lead copycats away :)
6. Penny posted on 31 Aug 2011, 02:07 11 3
Good for Apple. Bad for society. But I guess you have already chosen your side.
14. iKingTrust (banned) posted on 31 Aug 2011, 08:22 1 5
Yes we have. I'm on board with Apple.
8. PeterIfromsweden posted on 31 Aug 2011, 04:36 7 2
Can't apple just go away ?
Let's make them !!!
9. pongkie posted on 31 Aug 2011, 05:04 0 0
lets just hope apple will still do good after jobs or else they will suffer like other tech companies after their star CEO left and see their patents for auction.
11. remyrz posted on 31 Aug 2011, 07:13 2 1
man I know jobs, as he is still alive, he's behing everything in the apple world.. they just got a new face for the public.. but he's behind it all...
10. FNugget (unregistered) posted on 31 Aug 2011, 05:32 0 0
Design Patents are very much unlike Utility Patents
16. jimbo998 (unregistered) posted on 31 Aug 2011, 08:41 0 0
Yeah but once hes dead and hes heading that way then what?
17. darth8ball posted on 31 Aug 2011, 09:06 0 0
So I guess this means no white phone releases for any other phone makers. Not that I'm a white phone fan, never had one, but I'm a fan of choice.
21. taco50 (banned) posted on 31 Aug 2011, 15:49 0 1
They have to protect themselves from copycats such as Samsung
