Re:Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent invalidated by USPTO
by thefreeman on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @07:23PM
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Are you sure that pinch to zoom was one of the issues for the Samsung suit? All I recall is the "rebound effect" when you reach the end of a page, and the physical design of the galaxy tab
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Re:Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent invalidated by USPTO
by vidarh on Thursday December 20, 2012 @08:55AM
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Yes it was. According to Groklaw, Samsung has already pointed the re-examination results out to the court, as this patent made up a solid chunk of the infringement the jury found, and hence the damages number presumably needs to at the very least be adjusted. However, the jury didn't indicate how they apportioned the number, so this might be another way for Samsung to get a new jury trial on at least parts of the issues.
Re:Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent invalidated by USPTO
by zmmmmm on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @09:32PM
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Yeah, I had the same thought ... but multiple sources are reporting that it was one of the patents at issue in the trial. I think it's not a generic "pinch to zoom" patent but specific logic for distinguishing a pinch to zoom from other gestures.