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Apple wins injunction against several of Motorola's slide-to-unlock implementations in Germany

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 17th, 2012)

A German Court handed Apple a significant victory over Motorola this week. The Munich I Regional Court ruled that Motorola's handsets infringe on Apple's slide-to-unlock image patent. The patent describes a method of "unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image." A previous ruling ...

Apple awarded patents for Slide to Unlock, keyboard letter pop

by Steven Sande (Aug 17th, 2010)

In the fast-changing world of smartphone design, often the most valuable thing that a company can own is a patent for a specific feature they've invented. No matter how seemingly trivial the design feature is, a company like Apple will seek patent protection in order to maintain the uniqueness of ...