Designers and real-estate experts warn that teen spaces shouldbedesigned in a way that it makes it relatively easy to convert them back into more adult spaces once the kids have left home and once it's time to sell.
In the same way, itshould not be possible to patent the shape of a handheld smartphone designed to fit comfortably into a pocket or purse, or one that offers touch screen usability.
Itshouldbe noted that the menu expansion was just one initiative among several implemented in 2003 and designed to win back market share and growing revenues by increasing comparable-store sales versus adding more stores.