“The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 47 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple. “In this particular report we cover Apple Watch design patents and a utility patent for a possible future iPhone feature covering Push-to-Talk. We wrap up this week’s granted patent report with our traditional listing of the remaining granted patents that were issued to Apple today.”
“Apple was granted five design patents today,” Purcher reports. “The main three cover Apple Watch bands for Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch Edition representing three bands: Link Bracelet (D727,199), Sport Band (D727,197) and Modern Buckle (D727,198).”
Purcher reports, “The other design patents covered an old model iMac and an icon for ‘Copy.'”
More info, and Apple’s patent application illustrations, in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Knockoffs of Apple’s now-patented Link Bracelet, Sport Band, and Modern Buckle, which claim to offer the “same look and feel as the Apple straps” are currently available on Amazon (here, here and here). We wonder if they’ll be pulled?
Little faith in the U.S. court system to back Apple patents. Perhaps Apple needs to open a office and finance a stadium in a nameless Rocket Docket city.
Gaagle trolls are out early today but I guess they need a paycheck too.
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I dinged you up. Those down votes mean the gaggle trolls are hurting because they Know Google Is Evil.
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Not sure what those knockoffs really look like, since they’re advertising them using official Apple pictures…
I tried the link bracelet on Saturday in Space Grey. Very cool.