A Chinese company has secured a patent on the design of its latest phone, the Goophone.

Coincidentally, the patented design is identical to the purported design Iphone 5 which were recently leaked.

http://www.gizchina.com/2012/09/04/c...ales-in-china/

Will it sell more than the Iphone 5? Will they take Apple to court for infringing their patent if the Iphone 5 is identical to their design?

No, silly question to be honest

And of course a patent is not really for designs of a product

Excuse me? I am sure you can patent a design.

It's a neat trick it'll be interesting to see if they can ,make something of it.

What do you think might happen if I tried to release a phone the shape of the iPhone 4s?

I want one Now.