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HTC defeats Apple in swipe-to-unlock patent dispute


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.







Slide-to-unlock

HTC launched the London-based lawsuits a year ago as part of an effort to invalidate European patents Apple had referred to in a German court case. Apple subsequently countersued.
The four patents at stake were:





06/07/12    Çap et