There has been a wealth of patents being filed lately by Apple. Many journalist are speculating that these patents give insight into the technology that we can expect to see in upcoming iPhones; I think they might have a different purpose.

As we continue to watch the mobile platform war rage on it’s becoming increasingly obvious that Google and it’s constituents are worthy competitors. Apple recently filed a lawsuit agains HTC for infringement on nearly 20 different patent owned by Apple. But what Apple might have thought would be a easy victory by pure intimidation is about to turn into a full-fledged legal battle.

There has been a number of existing patents which surround the iPhone platform in the past to never see the light of day. So in my eyes I think this excessive patenting by Apple is to try and lock down all the good ideas before opposing companies can get to them.

I have to admit, however, that some of the rumoured features would be super cool. Notably the ones mentioned is my post regarding the RFID chips being built into the phones.