Or so say The Register as their contribution to today's jollities. That Apple has claimed patent rights to the rectangle itself. The problem with this addition to the April Fool jokes this year is ...

Debate has raged, not least in the courts, about whether Apple should really be able to patent a rectangular device with rounded corners. Seems the US Patent and Trademark Office thinks it can, ...

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 ...