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Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls

Posted by Soulskill on from the that-sounds-a-great-idea dept.

bizwriter writes "Apple has had quite a week in patents for the iPhone, and it's only Tuesday. First was the victory at the International Trade Commission over HTC. And now there's a shiny new patent on switching to an app during a live phone call (#8,082,523). There may be non-infringing ways of doing something similar, but they probably will be clumsy in comparison."

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  1. Re:Who the heck (what 1 million monkeys) by Dachannien · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The USPO doesn't review patents. It makes them available in case anyone wants to complain (there's a year window for that) but they leave it up to the courts to handle the legality of patents. The problem is, the courts defer to the USPO and assumes they've handled the legality of patents. If someone actually took responsibility for patents, there probably wouldn't be the current mess.

    False. And with a UID that low, does that make you the first troll on the Internet?