Apple's notorious asserted ownership over "rectangles with curved corners" got a shot of legitimacy this week, with the US patent office finally granting a design patent for the original iPad ...

With very few exceptions -- Apple Music being chief among them -- every design decision from Apple is deliberate and extremely well thought out. As we highlighted not too long ago, Apple's ...

One of my favorite lines used by people defending Samsung during their $1 billion legal beatdown from Apple was the claim that Apple doesn’t have a patent on glass rectangles with rounded corners.

There’s been a lot of talk over the last couple of years — especially by Samsung during the course of its recent patent infringement trial — that Apple has obtained design patent coverage on ...

In a literal interpretation of the “rectangles with rounded corners” trope, Sharp’s new “Free Form” display for smartphones makes for a very attractive design. The 5.2-inch concept, dubbed Corner R, ...

Senior UK Editor — My interest in Android began with the beautiful Nexus 4 and the less-ugly-than-before Jelly Bean. Right now, I'm probably watching Black Books, playing football (soccer), or ...