In September 2007, during a lawsuit with patent holding company Burst.com, Apple drew attention to a patent for a similar device that was developed in 1979. Kane Kramer applied for a UK patent for his design of a "plastic music box" in 1981, which he called the IXI. He was unable to secure funding to renew the US$120,000 worldwide patent, so it lapsed and Kramer never profited from his idea.
Who previously applied for a patent for an iPod-like device?
Kane Kramer
Kane Kramer applied for a UK patent for his design of a "plastic music box" in 1981, which he called the IXI. He was unable to secure funding to renew the US$120,000 worldwide patent, so it lapsed and Kramer never profited from his idea.
Kane Kramer applied for a UK patent for his design of a "plastic music box" in nineteen eighty-one, which he called the IXI. He was unable to secure funding to renew the USone hundred twenty thousand dollars worldwide patent, so it lapsed and Kramer never profited from his idea.
Who previously applied for a patent for an iPod-like device?