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German Court Finds Apple's 'Slide To Unlock' Patent Invalid

Posted by timothy on from the einfach-zu-einfach dept.

New submitter anderzole writes "Germany's Federal Patent Court on Thursday invalidated all of Apple's claims for its slide-to-unlock patent. They death blow for Apple's slide to unlock patent was likely a Swedish phone called the Neonode N1m that launched well before the iPhone and featured its own slide to unlock implementation. The N1m was released in 2005 while Apple's own patent for slide to unlock wasn't filed until December of 2005."

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  1. Re:Warning! Goatse! by Takatata · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Very funny. Goatse on Wikipedia and Youtube. Constantly people complain what has become out of Slashdot, but I doubt that even now here are many who would fall for that.

  2. Re:Warning! Goatse! by martin-boundary · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Less anuses than Goatse? Lame!