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![](http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/blogs/static/dowbrigade/<br />
wheelll.jpg” width=”166″ height=”160″ align=”left”>AUG. 16 2:20 P.M. ET Given the intense rivalry between<br />
Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corp., this recent revelation had a<br />
comedic tinge: Apple took too long to file a patent on part of its blockbuster<br />
iPod music players, so Microsoft beat Apple to it.</p>
<p> Bloggers and other tech pundits snickered at the prospect of Steve Jobs<br />
having to pay Bill Gates royalties on the beloved iPods, which account<br />
for more than one-third of Apple’s revenue. One Web columnist even dubbed<br />
the patent office the "iPod killer."</p>
<p> To be sure, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office last month did reject<br />
a request that Apple filed in October 2002 to patent technologies that<br />
support the iPod’s rotational wheel interface. The reason for the rejection:<br />
Microsoft had apparently outraced Apple to the patent office with a similar<br />
request by five months.</p>
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August 17th, 2005 at 12:42 am
prior. art?
August 17th, 2005 at 8:13 pm
i agree wholeheartedly with the above comment. quite illuminating.