Just one day after halting sales of a bunch of Samsung phones, Apple has been hit with a ruling from a Dutch court that their slide to unlock patent is likely invalid. According to Foss Patents, the deciding factor was a Swedish phone manufacturer by the name of Neonode who released a Windows CE phone in Europe that featured a slide-to-unlock mechanism before Apple even filed its patent in late December 2005.
I guess the iLawyers missed that one when they filed this patent.
Dutch Court Rules That Apple’s “Slide To Unlock” Patent Invalid
Posted in Commentary with tags Apple, Lawsuit, Patent, Samsung on August 25, 2011 by itnerdJust one day after halting sales of a bunch of Samsung phones, Apple has been hit with a ruling from a Dutch court that their slide to unlock patent is likely invalid. According to Foss Patents, the deciding factor was a Swedish phone manufacturer by the name of Neonode who released a Windows CE phone in Europe that featured a slide-to-unlock mechanism before Apple even filed its patent in late December 2005.
I guess the iLawyers missed that one when they filed this patent.
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