Apple Patents the Virtual Page Turn

Earlier this week Apple was awarded the patent on the virtual page turn, which is displayed in the image to the left.

This feature is used in the Apple’s iBooks and this particular patent is only one of the 38 patents Apple received this week.

Apple already won a lawsuit earlier this year between Samsung after the Galaxy Note 10.1 was released.

This feature is sort of controversial in my opinion.  Even though Apple is probably responsible for creating this feature, all sorts of products use it so it is difficult to have one company claim in.  It will be interesting to see what other features Apple has patented and if any other lawsuits will arise from it.

Reference: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/16/tech/innovation/apple-page-turn-patent/index.html