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Apple's Pinch+Zoom Patent Invalidated By Preliminary USPTO Ruling

Posted by timothy on from the always-more-complicated dept.

skade88 writes "Apple has lost its patent on Pinch+Zoom. This is the patent that won Apple their billion dollar verdict against Samsung. GrokLaw has an article, too." The ruling is only preliminary, though, not final.

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  1. prior art by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Informative

    This 2005 patent from Danny Hillis seems to be one of the main things the reexamination is noting as prior art.

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  2. Re:Refund? by Baloroth · · Score: 5, Informative

    Samsung hasn't paid any money yet, the final details of the case aren't 100% settled yet. This isn't the only patent involved in the case Apple has lost since the judgment, either. Most likely, damages will be reduced. By how much is yet undetermined (my guess would be "considerably", but then I would also have guessed Apple wouldn't have won in the first place).

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  3. Yay, more sensationalist headlines. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The difference between "preliminarily rejected" and "actually invalidated" is analogous to the difference between "being arrested" and "being convicted". Apple has to defend the patent and lose before anything changes.

  4. Re:Refund? by thaylin · · Score: 5, Informative

    No they are not under "review" They have been invalidated pending appeals by Apple. Also SternisheFan, the appeal you quoted is about the injuction request, not the patent.

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