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Apple cranks up patent filings in South Korea

“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.

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