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Apple Patents Tablet Mac (with Photos)

Posted by timothy on from the slendery dept.

jkheit writes "I wrote a quick news item over at the Mac Observer that might be of interest. Apple patents a tablet Mac. The new photos confirm that this device is a touch-screen Apple tablet. You can see it here."

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  1. Correction. Illustrations not photos. by jkheit · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sorry about the misleading title. (A case of fingers before brain) There are illustrations from the patent, not photos. (Perhaps this can be corrected). Anyway, my apologies on that.

  2. Re:Patent? by TheHonestTruth · · Score: 5, Informative
    It's a DESIGN patent, not a utility patent. They only have ruights to someone using that design specifically. Design patents are very easy to, pardon the pun, design around. You just have to make some ornamental change. IANADesign Patent Lawyer, so I don't know the legal standard for getting around a design patent, but from what I understand, they are more used in the clothing, accessory, and toy markets to prevent counterfeitting where looks are as improtant as function.

    -truth

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  3. Patent RSS Feeds by stikij · · Score: 5, Informative

    Courtesy of PatentMojo.com