Apple Rips Off Rejected App, Says Wireless Sync Developer

Haedrian writes "Apple is famous for going to absurd lengths to enforce its patents and trademarks. It recently sued Amazon for calling its app store Appstore. And it has publicly lectured competitors to 'create their own original technology, not steal ours.' Last year, UK developer Greg Hughes submitted an app for wirelessly syncing iPhones with iTunes libraries, which was rejected from the official App Store. Fast forward to Monday, when Apple unveiled a set of new features for the upcoming iOS 5, including the same wireless-syncing functionality. Cupertino wasn't even subtle about the appropriation, using the precise name and a near-identical logo to market the technology."

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Which is why I always say that Apple does not innovate - they merely take someone else's idea and put a fancy Apple interface on it and then sell it for an absurd markup.

That's why the best way to patent troll Apple would be to take out a patent on "taking an existing product and making cosmetic enhancements to it as well as applying a stylized logo of a fruit on the back of the device".