The top civil court in Germany has ruled against Apple in patenting the company’s now renowned ‘swipe-to-unlock’ gesture. The court stated in its ruling that the patent is not sophisticated enough to be awarded a patent protection.
The court says that the ‘swipe-to-unlock’ gesture was not invented by Apple, and thus the company cannot patent it.
“This user-friendly display was already suggested by the state of the art,” the Karlsruhe-based court wrote. “The contested patent thus isn’t based on an invention.”
Back in 2012, Apple had won a court injection over Motorola in Germany based on the above patent. That case is still pending appeal though and its final ruling was delayed until the final ruling of the above case was declared. With the top German civil court not granting Apple a patent over ‘swipe-to-unlock’ gesture, the case will now proceed further in Motorola’s favor.
[Via Bloomberg]
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