Apple accuses Samsung of infringing on its 'slide-to-unlock' patent in Galaxy Nexus

From the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany, we get the latest in the Apple and Samsung lawsuit; the court had earlier in the day announced its verdict on one of Samsung's infringement claims against Apple. In the latest twist to have come in the lawsuit, Cupertino-based, Apple alleged that Samsung has used one of Apple's patented technologies on their Galaxy Nexus smartphone, called slide-to unlock feature, thereby infringing it. Apple had won itself this patent in October, last year. Slide to unlock, by itself is a very popular feature, which users can use to unlock the iOS operating system on a mobile device. However, there is more to this case than what meets the eye. Although Apple used the slide to lock in feature first on their iPhone in 2007, reports state that, back in 2006, Apple had gone in for a utility model registration for "slide to unlock".

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