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Influx of iPhone patents surface

updated 11:15 am EDT, Fri June 29, 2007

Influx of iPhone patents


A wave of iPhone patents have surfaced today just ahead of Apple's planned iPhone launch. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has published a series of iPhone related patent applications which include unlocking the iPhone by performing gestures of an unlock image, a scrolling list with floating adjacent index symbols, a soft key interaction indicator, an acceleration-based theft detection system for portable electronic devices, and account information display for portable communication devices. Apple this past Tuesday also won a network computer (NC) related patent dating back to 1999 which notes the cellular phone NC in the same paragraph as an Apple TV-like device.


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  1. TheSnarkmeister

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    Hmmmm....

    Does it not seem all too coincidental that this "wave" of patents should make itself to public light on the day the product is released? Government is not supposed to work hand-in-hand with private enterprise in such a fashion. When it it does, that is called corporate statism and it is a slippery slope from there to fascism. These patents should have worked their way through the system just like any others, without preference or prejudice to Apple's reputation, Steve Jobs money, or AT&T's history.

  1. saddamweardotcom

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    Facism

    On that subject, look at Aaron Russo's video lol. The timing is odd -- perhaps they just want Jobs to do well....

  1. jhawk95

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    No public safety at hand

    There is no reason why in the case of something like the iPhone that a corporation should not be able to ask the US Patent Office to hold a patent announcement until a certain date. If no other person or entity has submitted a similar patent that needs to be rejected, then why should other entities get a head start on stealing Apple's innovative ideas any sooner than the actual product is released?

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