[CS-FSLUG] NI: Microsoft Owns iPod

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Microsoft Owns iPod

Linked by Andrew Youll on 2005-08-17 15:54:24 UTC, submitted by Ben2040

Creating a surprise twist in the portable music wars, the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office has denied Apple's application to patent its method
of using hierarchical menus to navigate through the iPod's contents. The
basis for the denial: a similar method outlined in a Microsoft
researcher's patent application, filed after the iPod was introduced but
before Apple sought its own patent.

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=11587