Apple Got Design Patents For iPhone & iPod Touch

Apple has always been very protective for its products, and this is one of the major reasons they happened to make a difference. Well, protecting your products from piracy is one major step any product based company should do, not only to be different but also to maximize their profits. This is what exactly Apple has done.

Lately Apple filed a suit against HTC for its alleged involvement in infringing iPhone patents. To make things more clear, Apple got the design patents for iPhone and iPod Touch. A design patent would precisely means that you can’t make a brazen copy of the iPhone and iPod touch’s “Ornamental design”. It would only cover the “ornamental design” of the devices and not their functionality. This would in simple words mean that any other devices that would look a little too similar to iPhone or iPod touch will have to be dealt with Apple’s legal department.