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HTC wins patent case vs Apple. Judge: Swipe-to-unlock (also galaxy ban) is obvious

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http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18709232

Extract:
HTC is claiming victory in a patent dispute with Apple after a ruling by the High Court in London.

The judge ruled that HTC had not infringed four technologies that Apple had claimed as its own.

He said Apple's slide-to-unlock feature was an "obvious" development in the light of a similar function on an earlier Swedish handset.

Apple has also cited the patent in disputes against firms using Google's Android system software.
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Finally, Apple's patent troll behavior is stopped. The patents are ridiculous:

> Unlocking a device with a gesture
> A mobile phone keyboard that supports multiple languages
> A system to determine the difference between single touches and multiple touches
> Letting a user drag an image beyond its limits and then showing it bounce back into place
 
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