Apple Tries To Patent 3rd Party In-App Purchasing

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."

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[Anonymous Coward]

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?

[Flipao]

Windows XP runs on a phone [youtube.com] , Steam runs on Windows XP, therefore Steam runs on a phone. Now would you kindly go get stomped on a by a Big Daddy?

Re:How can this not be prior art?

[Nerdfest]

Never underestimate the general population's ability to buy into something that is against their better interests in the long run. Apple has proven that with the iPhone.