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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Apple Wins Major Patent for the iPod's Hybrid Button & 14 More

The US Patent and Trademark Office officially  published a series of 15 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today which included design patents for the iPod armband and MacBook Pro. The other notables within this group include one relating to updating playlists, another relating to connector receptacle housings and one relating to GarageBand. While there are a number of other interesting granted patents today, perhaps the most important is one relating to the iPod's Hybrid Button: a patent that Apple may be able to enforce on copy cat iPod OEMs going forward.other relating to connector receptacle housings and one relating to GarageBand. While there are a number of other interesting granted patents today, perhaps the most important is one relating to the iPod's Hybrid Button: a patent that Apple may be able to enforce on copy cat iPod OEMs going forward.

(Fonte:http://www.patentlyapple.com)

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