Alan Quatermain

Alan Quatermain

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9-bits: These screenshots compare the Where To? 1.0 design (released on day one of the App Store) and an Apple patent submitted in December 2009. FutureTap describes their concern in a recent blog post: I’m not a lawyer. I can’t really judge whether the inclusion of a 1:1 copy of our start screen in someone else’s patent is legal. I just have to say, it doesn’t feel right. Jeepers. Update: It appears that this is actually listed in the third-party examples section of the patent, showing other apps (such as Where To) which make use of Apple’s current programming APIs (hat tip to Rune Madsen via Twitter).

9-bits:

These screenshots compare the Where To? 1.0 design (released on day one of the App Store) and an Apple patent submitted in December 2009. FutureTap describes their concern in a recent blog post:

I’m not a lawyer. I can’t really judge whether the inclusion of a 1:1 copy of our start screen in someone else’s patent is legal. I just have to say, it doesn’t feel right.

Jeepers.

Update: It appears that this is actually listed in the third-party examples section of the patent, showing other apps (such as Where To) which make use of Apple’s current programming APIs (hat tip to Rune Madsen via Twitter).

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  3. dursmarnai reblogged this from 9-bits and added:
    hmmm… weird. haha
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  6. quatermain reblogged this from 9-bits and added:
    Jeepers. Update: It appears that this is actually listed in...third-party examples section
  7. iphoneyou reblogged this from 9-bits and added:
    Yeah, this story is more than a little shady. I’m pretty sure you can’t patent someone else’s idea. Who knows though?...
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