Manage updates with the Download AppApple wins patent for rotating and scaling documents on touch screens
When considering the bitter rivalries that have emerged in the smartphone industry between Apple and its competitors (Samsung, Google, HTC, Nokia), one needs only to review the patent portfolio of each company to see from where it all stems.
To argue that the patent system is broken is another article for another day, but with Apple receiving the grant from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for document translation, rotation, and scaling, it is safe to assume that the intellectual property battles will only heighten.
Sure, in 2007, just as the iPhone was released, Apple had to teach the … Read more
