USPTO: Apple's '949 patent, aka the "Steve Jobs patent", is invalid
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The '949 patent, ruled invalid by the USPTO
The two rulings against Apple are both preliminary and are not final as Apple can appeal the decisions. Still, this news can only be good for those who have found themselves staring at Apple's legal team on the other side of the courtroom. In fact, considering Judge Lucy Koh's apparent disdain for how Hogan's Heroes computed the $1.05 billion it awarded to Apple, we wouldn't be surprised to see the size of the jury award lowered significantly. Apple had 20 claims on each patent, all 40 of which are now ruled invalid by the USPTO.
"A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and processing the command. The one or more heuristics comprise: a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command, a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a two-dimensional screen translation command, and a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a command to transition from displaying a respective item in a set of items to displaying a next item in the set of items."-Description of the '949 patent, ruled invalid by the USPTO
source: FOSSPatents
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