Given the last dozen of Apple‘s latest products, I’ve been wondering if a) Apple is going to try to patent the lower case “i” and b) if IHOP was going to sue Apple or if Apple would sue iHop for the use of their recognizable i-design. Don’t laugh, either. I think the only thing saving IHOP is the fact that they use all caps for their logo and commercials. If Apple can get a patent for something as simple as a “gum-drop close” button, there’s no reason why they wouldn’t win a patent for one letter of our 26-character alphabet. The patent office seems to have lost it’s perspective on what they’re supposed to be protecting in their offices; Apple is being the opportunistic company that it’s always been, keeping up with Microsoft in the ceaseless patent race of technology companies.
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