This situation may speak more to the US patent system. Apples patent was
invalidated, in one European country anyway, due to prior art in a
Windows CE phone. The phone wasn't sold in America, but it predated the
iPhone by a couple of years.
http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/25/slide-to-unlock-patented/
Jim G
On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 22:47 -0800, Christopher Howard wrote:
> Yes, you read that correctly. Apple was just granted the patent for
> unlocking touch-sensitive displays via gestures.
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/25/apple_unlock_patent/
>
> Who would have known that unlocking your phone was an Apple invention?
>
> I like the sub-header on the article: "Jobs slides back the granite slab
> for one more whack at Android."
>
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