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Apple granted patent for touchscreen unlock
- alexchamberlain 15y agoThis is a disgusting abuse of the patent system. How else would one unlock a phone these days? They have had the vast majority of their buttons removed - :D. I give it a week before Samsung have a court throw this patent in the dustbin.
- wgx 15y ago>"these days?" This is hindsight bias - when Apple invented the 'swipe to unlock' it was a novel invention, exactly the idea the patent system is designed to protect. It's quite right that novel inventions be protected under patent law. Whether you agree with the wider concept of patent or not, this can't be abuse of the current system.