Apple Touchscreen Patent Finally Approved, Problematic for Competitors

Apple Inc. finally received approval for a touchscreen patent they had filed 3 years ago. The patent grants Apple control over a wide variety of touchscreen types that many common smartphones competitors use.
Apple Touchscreen Patent Finally Approved, Problematic for Competitors
The Verizon version of the Apple iPhone is displayed during Verizon's iPhone 4 launch press conference on January 11, 2011 in New York. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images
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Apple Inc. finally received approval for a touchscreen patent which grants Apple control over a wide variety of touchscreen types–like the iPhone (shown in picture) that many common smartphones competitors use. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)
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