Apple's Lawyers Keep Busy With iPhone

Posted in Apple, iPhone by Chris Weber on January 15th, 2007
This story could also be titled “Attack of the Clones.” Apple is feverishly trying to fend off imitators and copycat sites that have created user interfaces for other mobile devices that resemble the iPhone’s interface just a little too much. Apple likes attention but not this kind of attention.
One such site, modaco.com, posted a cease and desist email supposedly from Apple’s attorneys. The text of the email says, “It has come to our attention that you have posted a screenshot of Apple’s new iPhone and links that facilitate the installation of that screenshot on a PocketPC device.” It continues, “While we appreciate your interest in the iPhone, the icons and screenshot displayed on your website are copyrighted by Apple, and copyright law explicitly prohibits unauthorized display and distribution of copyrighted works.”
http://www.slipperybrick.com/2007/01/apple-iphone-copy-skins/
I thought this article was good because it talks about how other companies are trying to make products that copy the Apple iPhone. The article talks about the different patents and copyrights laws. It also discusses how some companies think the parts of the phone that they copyrighted are questionable. It ties in to what we're doing it class because it tells you the difference between a copyright and a patent.
John Pruzinsky