Apple Granted Patents: Ultrabook Makers To Be Nervous?
In March 2011, Steve Jobs made a public appearance while talking about the competition going after the iPad. In that event he was quoted as saying, "How about 2011? Is it going to be the year of copycats?"
When Steve Jobs said those words, he must've said it with a thorough and solid conviction to warn other tech companies wanting to imitate some of Apple's treasured creations.
Now it seems the day has come once again for those words to reverberate in Apple's ears and in the eyes of competing tech companies.
Apple was reportedly just granted a patent for Macbook Air design and 19 additional more patents under its wings. Translation: These patents can prove useful if Apple decides to go after the Ultrabook makers, which is really bad news for companies like Asus and Acer, for example.
There's also a report claiming that Apple already talked to an Asian manufacturer Pegatron to drop new Ultrabook orders from Asus or else it will lose orders for iOS devices. Pegatron alledgedly sided with Apple and it will stop the production of Asus Zenbook by the end of March 2012. Ooouuchh!
In light of this development, Ultrabook makers has a valid reason to be truly nervous. But then again, all these manufacturers need to do is just to come up with a totally different design to avoid further conflicts and legal battle with Apple in the future.
Let the battle of the tech companies for supremacy continue.
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