Apple Hit With Another Patent Lawsuit


Hang on a second, this company has a four year old patent on headphones / headsets for mobile phones? Say what? Look at the picture below, who approved this patent in the first place?
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A company called Intelligent Smart Phones Concepts sued Apple last week in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Apple infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,373,182. The abstract for "Wireless Mobile Phone Including a Headset" describes an interface that allows a removable headset "to receive at least telephony audio signals from the phone, and to provide audio signals to the phone."