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by slurgfest 5081 days ago
Apple was not the first to produce a round-cornered rectangle
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This is a zombie argument that never dies, can we just down vote these into oblivion before this place turns completely into Engadget?

Apple didn't have a patent on round cornered rectangles.

http://www.google.com/patents/USD504889?printsec=drawing#v=o...

Yes, they effectively did. That design patent is what they've been using in force.

That should not be patentable. Now it's patent infringement to make a battery of that shape.

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventive_step_and_non-obviousn...

Rounded corners is just one element, full stop.
Your commentary is factious. No matter how you enunciate ponctuation to try and establish reason. That simply makes it look desperately void. And stop asking other users to downvote people you don't agree with, that is just silly.
What are the other elements? That it's dominated by a screen? We know it isn't thickness or aspect ratio, or logos on the back, or home screen appearance.

The patent in question is literally a rounded corner rectangle.

AFAIK the use of cover glass instead of a raised plastic bezel was actually innovative.