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Is the iPod in trouble? Apple's patent woes.(macbeat)
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Macworld
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November 1, 2005
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Apple and Microsoft have a long history together. Microsoft was there with Word 1.0 when Apple launched the Macintosh in 1984; Bill Gates's face appeared on screen at the 1997 Macworld Expo as the two companies announced a technology alliance; and parts of Windows have looked rather similar to Mac OS. But in August 2005, the companies found themselves at the heart of a patent dispute that could have a far-reaching impact on Apple's iPod business. A month earlier, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied Apple a patent for user-interface elements of the popular iPod MP3 player, citing a patent submitted by Microsoft developer John Platt five months before Apple made its ...
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