Motorola Mobility Defeats Apple ‘Finger Swipe’ Patent Claim
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Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. defeated an Apple Inc. “finger swipe” patent-infringement claim when a federal judge in Chicago found that tapping an item on a touch screen wasn’t the same as swiping it.
U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner’s April 27 ruling, posted to the Chicago federal court docket yesterday, resolves in part one of several competing claims scheduled to be tried starting June 11.