Debate has raged, not least in the courts, about whether Apple should really be able to patent a rectangular device with rounded corners. Seems the US Patent and Trademark Office thinks it can, ...

The man who invented the rounded rectangle and an office where people walk into invisible walls has decided to quit Jobs' Mob to form an independent company. Jony Ive has been working at Apple for ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple and additional design patent for the iPad’s “ornamental design.” US Patent D670,286 was reviewed by the office and awarded on Tuesday.

Apple's notorious asserted ownership over "rectangles with curved corners" got a shot of legitimacy this week, with the US patent office finally granting a design patent for the original iPad ...

One of my favorite lines used by people defending Samsung during their $1 billion legal beatdown from Apple was the claim that Apple doesn’t have a patent on glass rectangles with rounded corners.

It appears like Apple's quest for rounded rectangle patent has paid off finally! The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued patent no. D670,286 to Apple Nov.6, and it covers the outer edge ...

Both the iPhone and the iPad are in the form of an elongated rectangular parallelepiped. When looking from the front, the rectangle constituting the surface has rounded corners. This is not limited to ...