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Apple's 'swipe to unlock' patent invalidated in a German court

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/apples-swipe-unlock-patent-invalidated-german-court' title="Apple's 'swipe to unlock' patent invalidated in a German court"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/08/slide-unlock-iphone6-hero.jpg?itok=hbl1e0OL' />[/url]</p> <p>Apple's "swipe to unlock" feature on iPhones and iPads is not sophisticated enough to warrant a patent, according to a German court. The feature, a part of iOS since the very first iPhone (http://www.imore.com/iphone-2g), was deemed not to be "based on an invention" as part of a case between Apple and Motorola Mobility, which is owned by Lenovo.</p> <!--break--> <p>From Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-25/apple-loses-german-top-court-case-over-swipe-to-unlock-patent):</p>

<p>"This user-friendly display was already suggested by the state of the art," the Karlsruhe-based court wrote. "The contested patent thus isn't based on an invention."</p>

<p>This ruling reaffirms an earlier ruling made by a patent tribunal. Apple had previously won an injunction against Motorola with this patent a few years ago. That injunction, which is currently the subject of an appeal, will likely be lifted in the wake of this ruling.</p> <p>Source: Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-25/apple-loses-german-top-court-case-over-swipe-to-unlock-patent)</p> </div></div></div><br clear='all'/>

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