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    German court deems Apple's slide-to-unlock patent invalid

    Florian Mueller of Foss Patents has confirmed that Samsung and Google-owned Motorola Mobility have ...

    April 06, 2013 / 16:35 IST

    Florian Mueller of Foss Patents has confirmed that Samsung and Google-owned Motorola Mobility have secured an important victory over Apple's famed slide-to-unlock patent in Germany. In its ruling, the Bundespatentgericht, Germany's Federal Patent Court stated that Apple's claims of EP1964022 pertaining to unlocking a device using gestures on an unlock image are invalid. The court noted that none of the 14 amendments proposed by Apple could salvage the patent. 

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    first published: Apr 6, 2013 01:48 pm

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