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Title: German court says ‘swipe-to-unlock’ not sophisticated enough to be awarded patent protection Post by: HCK on August 26, 2015, 09:00:19 am German court says ‘swipe-to-unlock’ not sophisticated enough to be awarded patent protection
Germany’s top civil court today has ruled against Apple in a case pertaining to the company’s swipe-to-unlock input method. Judges in the case explained that swipe-to-unlock is not sophisticated enough to be awarded patent protection. This ruling falls in line with a similar ruling that favored Motorola back in 2013 (via Bloomberg). Swipe-to-unlock was not an invention […]<img alt="" border="0" src="(http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=394394&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> Source: German court says ‘swipe-to-unlock’ not sophisticated enough to be awarded patent protection (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/Zk8zCukJ8d8/) |