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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. Sick of this by kc67 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am sick of hearing about patent lawsuits. It is sad that the industry can't work together to create unique products and actually innovate instead of stagnating one another.

    1. Re:Sick of this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I can hate both. Just because you can do a thing doesn't mean you should. And I don't care about the excuse that companies are soulless entities whose only purpose is to devour economic resources (i.e. make money) while retaining all of the rights of a human being.

  2. Re:The Single Patent? I Thought It Was Six? by Theaetetus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is the patent that won Apple their billion dollar verdict against Samsung.

    That's weird, I remember the jury verdict citing six patents. Pinch to zoom was one of them but surely it was only a fraction of the full billion?

    Remember when Slashdot was just news and not someone trying to insert a questionable-at-best opinion into a story?

    ... no. :/