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Everything patents-pending

Lawyer Lulz: Apple Tries to Sneak in Jailbreak Patent

By , Saturday, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:41 am
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Remember that Apple patent for biometric and other advanced authentication schemes we mentioned yesterday? Well, Engadget took a closer look and it seems like the artwork used in the

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Patent Watch: Apple Exploring Advanced Unlocking for Future iPhones?

By , Friday, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:45 am
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No, not unlocking the iPhone from AT&T (JAR!), unlocking the iPhone so you can use it. Slide to unlock, passcode unlock, that kind of unlock. Okay, now if you're still

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Patent Watch: Say Hello to... iStylus?

By , Thursday, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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Patent-mania running wild from Apple is nothing new, though these recent filings do seem a tad focused on enabling new form factors, don't they? To go along with the iFlip

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Patent Watch: Apple Preparing for iPhone Nano?

By , Friday, Jun 20, 2008 at 7:55 am
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First came the iPod, then came the iPod Nano. Well, okay, there was the intermediary Mini, but that's neither here nor there. Eventually -- and currently -- there was --

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Patent-Watch: Steven Jobs, Architect of the iPhone

By , Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 7:08 am
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Another day, another Apple patent. This one's a biggie, the whole iPhone enchilada. Current functionality and future potentials (web clips? blogging app?) all rolled into one monstrous document, and all

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Patent Watch: iPhone Spidey Sense to Tingle?

By , Friday, May 30, 2008 at 1:27 pm
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Okay, so technically Apple isn't patenting "Spidey Sense" (TM Marvel Comics, of course), but a system to warn users of impending dropped signals, be they cellular or WiFi.

So, by

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Patent Watch: Future iPhones to be Powered by the Sun?

By , Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 10:12 pm
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"They could be a great people. They wish to be. They only lack the light to power their devices. For this reason above all, their capacity to consumer data, I

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