[Infowarrior] - Court: 'Slide To Unlock' not in the public interest

[Richard Forno]

Appeals Court: It Is In The Public's Interest That Samsung Not Be Allowed To 'Slide To Unlock' Devices

from the wait,-what? dept

The patent fight between Apple and Samsung has been going on for many years now with Samsung being told to pay a lot of money to Apple. But on one point Apple has been unsuccessful: getting an injunction barring Samsung from offering products for sale that include the "infringing" inventions -- such as the concept of "slide to unlock." I still have trouble understanding how "slide to unlock" could possibly be patentable, but there it is: US Patent 8,046,721 on "unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image."

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150917/15315232286/appeals-court-it-is-publics-interest-that-samsung-not-be-allowed-to-slide-to-unlock-devices.shtml

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