“On June 28, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published patent applications from Apple covering GarageBand, multiple camera sensors for iDevices, new optical display coatings and more,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple. “Apple’s dearth of patent applications now runs five straight weeks. Where oh where are Apple’s talented engineers of late? This is the longest running patent drought since Patently Apple has covered Apple’s patents.”
Purcher reports, “Apple won a preliminary injunction against the Samsung tablet yesterday and the battle between these two tech giants is ongoing. Considering that the battle has been ongoing, I found it interesting that Apple appears to be refilling old and current patents in Korea unlike never before. [The full article] shows every one of the patents to have been filed in Korea under KR. Do you get the feeling that Apple is preparing for a long and ongoing war with Samsung?”
Much more in the full article here.
General MacArthur would be proud.
+1
Thermonuclear it shall be.
Good one!
But remember, MacArthur was fired for even thinking about it.
No No No! Patent filings in South Korea are *instructions* to South Korean firms, kind of like very explicit copying instructions. Apple is so tired of the bad reputation earned by phones and tablets coming out of South Korea hurting them by association. So these instruction filings are just the latest bow to reality and an attempt to get worthy copies into the marketplace so *real* comparisons can be made Apple products and all the others. Unfortunately for Samsung, since Apple has locked up the market on good quality production gear, giving explicit instructions on how to duplicate their products is going to seriously frustrate Samsung product teams!