Apple wins injunction against Motorola in Germany over 'slide to unlock' patent

16/02/2012
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When the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) awarded Apple a patent late last year regarding its ‘slide to unlock’ feature, we didn’t think it would be very long before we saw it pop up in Apple’s Android war. And it wasn’t.

Hot on the heels of Motorola winning an injunction against Apple in Germany, which resulted in a temporary ban of some of its products, the Cupertino company has fired back by winning its own injunction against Motorola in the...

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