Its one thing if you're fighting it out over the idea of pinch to zoom (even though I believe Microsoft was already doing something very similar during its work on Surface) which is somewhat a new idea.
However, some of their patents are so ridiculously vague and common-sense, that its just silly. Swipe to unlock? I think Apple stole that from every sliding switch that previously existed in the world...
The real issue at hand, is does this lawsuit help or hurt innovation and consumers. I don't see how anyone can claim it helps either in any way.
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