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Apple patents on-phone shopping list, e-checkout

by Mike Schramm on May 28, 2010 • No Comments

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Apple has patented the idea of using a mobile device "to acquire pricing information for a shopping list of products," which basically sounds like an official version of SnapTell Explorer -- point the camera at something and then get a list...
ArsTechnica / Publishers

Apple faces patent suits over iTunes Store, Safari, Mac OS X

by Chris Foresman on May 22, 2010 • No Comments

Apple is involved in some curious patent cases filed this week in Texas federal district courts. One suit claims that Apple's iTunes Store (among many others) infringes on a patent...

Publishers / TUAW

Apple to trademark distinctive retail store layout

by Dave Caolo on May 19, 2010 • No Comments

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Patently Apple points out another Apple filing today, this time in reference to the retail stores. Specifically, Apple is looking to trademark the "distinctive design and layout" that they've cultivated since opening their first retail location in 2001. The filing provides...
Publishers / TUAW

Apple patent details workflows, social networking links for iPhone

by Steven Sande on May 18, 2010 • No Comments

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When we're working with our iPhones and sharing information with other people, it sometimes takes more steps than it should to perform a task. Patently Apple recently published information about an Apple patent application describing a new icon and...
ArsTechnica / Publishers

Week in Apple: Ars Design Awards, more Adobe v. Apple

by Jacqui Cheng on May 15, 2010 • No Comments

More leaked iPhone prototypes, more drama between Adobe and Apple, more gaming on the Mac, and more awards for Mac developers? Sounds like an exciting week in the world of...

Publishers / TUAW

Everyone act surprised: HTC countersues Apple

by Chris Rawson on May 12, 2010 • No Comments

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HTC said it would fight against Apple's patent infringement lawsuit, and predictably, that fight has escalated into a countersuit. HTC has registered a complaint against Apple with the International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking a ban on importation of...
Apple 2.0 (Fortune) / Publishers

HTC counter-sues Apple

by Philip Elmer-DeWitt on May 12, 2010 • No Comments
Asks the U.S. to halt the importation and sale of all iPhones, iPads and iPods Making its first formal response to a pair of Apple patent infringement suits, Taiwan's HTC Corporation filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday charging Apple (AAPL) with violating five of its patents. "As the innovator of...
Macstories / Publishers

Apple “Transaction” e-Wallet Application makes an Appearance

by Cody Fink on May 12, 2010 • No Comments
The prospect of using a cellphone to pay for your goods or services has been up in the air for a while in the United States. While you can do it in some places (Japan), the US certainly is never the most able to adopt technologies that revolve around the transfer of money. Who knows...
Macstories / Publishers

Apple Patents Approve Touch, Light, Proximity Sensors

by Cody Fink on May 12, 2010 • No Comments
iPhones and iPod touches wouldn’t be what they are today without their internal merger of their multi-touch input panel (which lays behind the LCD screen), their proximity sensors, and their ambient light sensors. These devices generally do a good job of being able to automatically apply settings based on my environment, and it looks like...
Macstories / Publishers

Latest Apple Patent Shows Us the Future iPad Dock?

by Federico Viticci on May 12, 2010 • No Comments
Every week we report the latest patent Apple has been granted, and while sometimes it’s about new techonologies in the very early stages, this time Apple has patented something that might be released in the near future. Remember the iMac G4? Apple has patented a docking station that takes a lot of inspiration from it, being...
ArsTechnica / Publishers

Week in Apple: possible antitrust probe, iPhone OS 4 details

by Jacqui Cheng on May 8, 2010 • No Comments

In the last week, we saw responses to Steve Jobs' letter on Flash, the launch of the 3G iPad in the US, and more leaks about iPhone OS 4. We...

Publishers / TUAW

Nokia takes aim at iPad in latest legal skirmish with Apple

by Lauren Hirsch on May 7, 2010 • No Comments
Surprising exactly nobody, Nokia put the Apple iPad in its sights in its ongoing battle against Apple for patent infringement. Nokia originally sunk its legal hooks into Apple back in October, 2009, when it sued Apple in the United States District Court in the District of...

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