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Apple and RIM Targeted by Patent Firm in Newest Lawsuit

Apr 12, 2012, 9:07 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Apple and Research In Motion have been sued for patent infringement by a shell company located in Texas. Touchscreen Gestures alleges that Apple and RIM infringe on patents related to scrolling, double tap, tap-and-drag, and single-tap gestures on devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and BlackBerry Torch and PlayBook. The four patents in question were originally awarded to a Taiwanese firm called Sentelic in 2007 and 2008. It's unclear what Touchscreen Gestures' relationship to Sentelic is.

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evrodude

Apr 12, 2012, 9:13 AM

This is

great news! 😁

T Bone

Not really, sounds like patent trolling to me...we really do need less of that nonsense.

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jallath

Seriously? Patents on scrolling, double tapping? That is like Nike patenting walking. How can the patent office any basic function like this be patented?

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