Apple Tries To Patent 3rd Party In-App Purchasing 244
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bizwriter writes "Apple has spared no effort in trying to injure its arch mobile rival through the courts, like blocking Android vendors from important markets through patent and trademark infringement suits. Now it's developing an additional angle: an attempt to patent in-application purchases from third parties, as an application filed on April 26, 2010 and made public on Thursday made clear."
Patent Requirements (Score:5, Interesting)
I've finally realized how these types of patents keep cropping up.
The dumber the population gets, including experts, the more the phrase "non-obvious" covers.
Re:How can this not be prior art? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:How can this not be prior art? (Score:2, Interesting)