Submitted By:Kunal Kaushik

APPLE IPHONEINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

WHAT IS IPHONE?

An iPhone can function as a : video camera, a camera phone with text messaging, visual voicemail, a portable media player, an Internet client with e-mail and web browsing capabilities, both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, security and advertising for television shows, films, and celebrities.

APPLE IPHONE

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled on January 9, 2007,[1] and released on June 29, 2007. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Apple has filed more than 200 patent applications related to the technology behind the iPhone. LG Electronics has claimed the iPhone's design was copied from the LG Prada. Woo-Young Kwak, head of LG Mobile Handset R&D Center, said at a press conference, We consider that Apple copied the Prada phone after the design was unveiled when it was presented in the iF Design Award and won the prize in September 2006.[9][10] LG later claimed that Apple stole both the ideas and concept of the Prada phone. A lawsuit by LG had been rumored prior to this announcement; [9] however, LG has remained silent on whether or not they will file a lawsuit

hardware details appear similar

both have a 2 MP camera although the Prada phone has an LED flash for taking nicer camera phone pics; both are almost identically ultra thin; and the LG Prada phone almost delivers the same touch screen resolution: 200x400 vs 320x480 on the iPhone.

LG PRADA vs IPHONE

About:

On September 3, 1993, Infogear filed for the U.S. trademark "I PHONE"[187] and on March 20, 1996 applied for the trademark "IPhone".[188] "I Phone" was registered in March 1998,[187] and "IPhone" was registered in 1999.[188] Since then, the I PHONE mark had been abandoned.[187] Infogear's trademarks cover "communications terminals comprising computer hardware and software providing integrated telephone, data communications and personal computer functions" (1993 filing),[187] and "computer hardware and software for providing integrated telephone communication with computerized global information networks" (1996 filing).[189] Infogear released a telephone with an integrated web browser under the name iPhone in 1998.[190] In 2000, Infogear won an infringement claim against the owners of the iphones.com domain name.[191] In June 2000, Cisco Systems acquired Infogear, including the iPhone trademark.[192] On December 18, 2006, they released a range of re-branded Voice over IP (VoIP) sets under the name iPhone.[193]

copyright infringement

The iPhone's operating system is designed to only run software that has an Apple-approved cryptographic signature. This restriction can be overcome by "jailbreaking" the phone, which involves replacing the iPhone's firmware with a slightly modified version that does not enforce the signature check. Doing so may be a circumvention of Apple's technical protection measures. Apple, in a statement to the United States Copyright Office in response to EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) lobbying for a DMCA exception for this kind of hacking, claimed that jailbreaking the iPhone would be copyright infringement due to the necessary modification of system software. Jailbroken iPhones may be susceptible to computer viruses, but few such incidents have been reported.

For publications that will be distributed outside the United States Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. For all publications, include an appropriate generic term after the trademark the first time it appears. Thereafter, the generic term should appear frequently with the trademark. EG:

APPLES TRADEMARK GENERIC TERM(S)

AirMacwireless AirPlay hardware/software solution application program

Rules for Proper Use of Apple Trademarks

1. Trademarks are adjectives used to modify nouns; the noun is the generic name of a product or service. 2. As adjectives, trademarks may not be used in the plural or possessive form. Correct: I bought two Macintosh computers. Not Correct: I bought two Macintoshes. 3. An appropriate generic term must appear after the trademark the first time it appears in a printed piece, and as often as is reasonable after that. Suggested generic terms are provided in the Apple Trademark List which is posted on the Apple web site at: www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html. 4. Always spell and capitalize Apples trademarks exactly as they are shown in the Apple Trademark List. Do not shorten or abbreviate Apple product names. Do not make up names that contain Apple trademarks.

PATENTS ON IPHONE

Multipoint touchscreen Method and system for operating a portable electronic device in a power-limited manner Activating virtual keys of a touch-screen virtual keyboard Mode-based graphical user interfaces for touch sensitive input devices Multipoint touchscreen

Method and system for operating a portable electronic device in a power-limited manner
Activating virtual keys of a touch-screen virtual keyboard Mode-based graphical user interfaces for touch sensitive input devices Gestures for touch sensitive input devices Visual expander Touch-sensitive electronic apparatus for media applications