Today: Patently Obvious Blog on: Patent Law Blog: iPod Receives Design Patent (D497,618)
Adding to Dennis’ above post, I note Apple already has a design patent covering the first generation iPod: D472,245.
I also found the below patent one time in a patent search for some totally unrelated technology and thought it was interesting how much it looked (generally) like an iPod / Dell DJ / etc. USPN 2,182,084.
Anyway…I thought it was interesting…
UPDATE (November 3, 2004). An anonymous reader sent in this additional “point of novelty” prior art (USPN 5903407 – Filed June 1997):
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It is five years to the day that Apple launched the almighty iPod. The device has undoubtedly transformed the way many of us buy and listen to music. In the last five years, 68 million iPods have been sold, and the company holds a staggering 75% share of the market.