CANCELLED PATENT APPLE TO FUNCTION `SLIDE-TO-UNLOCK`
In February 2012, the regional court in Munich ruled on the suit Apple: banned the sale of mobile devices from Motorola Mobility. This company, in turn, has filed an appeal, the decision on which will announce in the coming weeks.
In March 2012, the suit against Samsung Apple has been suspended by the Regional Court in Mannheim, pending the decision of the patent court regarding the patent, which appears in the case.
According to the source, the German Federal Patent Court recently handed down a decision that can be attributed to the victory of Samsung Electronics and Motorola Mobility in patent disputes with these companies Apple. The court decided that the function of a patent EP1964022 slide-to-unlock, owned by Apple, is invalid. The Court annulled all the claims of the patent and concluded that none of the fourteen amendments granted Apple, will not save the patent.
According to the source, a patent is a very famous, but not strategic. He describes just some of the mechanics of using slide-to-unlock, this implies that Apple#39;s competitors have long bypassed it.
Until solutions held a hearing, which lasted all day. The source notes that three of the five members of the panel of judges engineering education.
According to the court, `invention` Apple is not a solution to it could get a patent. That is, according to European laws, move your finger across the screen just below the major innovation.
Apple may file an appeal with the Federal Court of Justice on matters of general jurisdiction.
