http://hothardware.com/cs/search/SearchResults.aspx?s=43&o=DateDescending&tag=Apple,iControlPad&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'Apple' and 'iControlPad'en-USCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/p/47800/356574.aspx#356574Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:15:50 GMTba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:3565743vi1<p>Not sure if you guys saw this one yet:&nbsp;<b> Apple just received a patent on a gaming control add-on for the iPhone</b>:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/04/whoa-apple-reveals-amazing-gaming-accessories-in-the-works.html">http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/04/whoa-apple-reveals-amazing-gaming-accessories-in-the-works.html</a></p> <p>The problem is, <b>they<i> filed</i> for the patent months after <a href="http://icontrolpad.com/">the iControlPad guys</a> had already <i>shown</i> their design for the same thing</b>.</p> <p><img alt="The iControlPad" style="border:0;float:left;margin-left:15px;margin-right:15px;" src="http://icontrolpad.com/new_case2.jpg" border="0" height="241" width="320" />Unless Apple believes it&#39;s patenting blatantly obvious &#39;inventions&#39;, they must have stolen the idea from the iControlPad guys, right?&nbsp; Isn&#39;t that what they&#39;re claiming HTC did to them by making a device with a GUI?</p> <p style="padding-left:30px;"><i>&ldquo;We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We&rsquo;ve decided to do something about it,&nbsp; We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.&rdquo; -- <b>Steve Jobs, March 2010 </b>[on HTC and patent infringement]<b><br /></b></i></p> <p>For shame, Apple.&nbsp; For shame.</p>