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Apple Granted Patent For Slide To Unlock

Posted by Soulskill on from the slide-to-unlock-a-can-of-worms dept.

generalhavok writes "The United States Patent & Trademark Office has approved Apple's patent on the slide to unlock gesture used on iOS devices. Interestingly, this patent was earlier dismissed in Europe due to prior art. With many Android phones using a similar slide gesture, it will be interesting to see how this new patent will affect the patent wars between Apple and Android vendors."

2 of 622 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Fuckers by zoloto · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    funny thing, we can ignore everything EU because it has no jurisdiction. and Apple did it first - so fuck all you for bitching about it.

  2. Re:Oh ffs by CheerfulMacFanboy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, what happened to Apples "People are prepared to pay more for quality, and we're the best" philosophy.

    People are only prepared to pay more for quality, when the other guy can't just slap it on for free after others developed it.

    Anyway, keep on pretending that Apple has no customers.

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    Fandroids hate facts.