Reports of Apple's inability to patent the interface software in its popular iPod music player and Microsoft's efforts to stake its claim to such technology through its own patent application have sparked wide speculation that Microsoft might make royalties off the Apple devices, which sold to the tune of nearly 20 million units in the last year.
However, legal experts and industry analysts highlighted the lengthy process and potential hurdles to a Microsoft claim on the MP3 Latest News about MP3 music organizer and player, and indicated that an AppleInsider and subsequent reports make a bigger story of what is standard patent procedure.
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