Hot off the wire is the announcement that the U.S. Patents and Trade Office has found Apples 949 multi-touch patent, that was a key factor in suits against Samsung and Motorola, to be invalid. After close re-examination, all 20 points of the patent have been ruled invalid, which means we can maybe expect some lengthy appeal processes from many OEMs that fell victim to Apples trolling earlier this year, assuming it stays invalid.
USPTO Declares Apple’s Multitouch “Steve Jobs” Patent Invalid, The Crowd Goes Wild – Droid Life
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