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Isn't Apple moving away from skeumorphism anyway? Do you think they just patented it for protection from lawsuits if someone else were to be granted the patent
by DigitalBoB12 14y ago
Isn't Apple moving away from skeumorphism anyway? Do you think they just patented it for protection from lawsuits if someone else were to be granted the patent?
- warfangle 14y agoRumor has it they are (the designer responsible for it left a little while back). No idea why they would have patented it.
- ImprovedSilence 14y agoI think so, yes, but I think the application was applied for a year or so ago (or maybe two years, too lazy to look it back up.)
- bitcartel 14y agoArticle: "The page-turn patent was filed in December 2011, but was approved this week."