engine - 5:21 pm on Jul 4, 2012 (gmt 0)

HTC Wins Swipe-to-Unlock Patent Dispute With Apple [bbc.co.uk]

HTC is claiming victory in a patent dispute with Apple after a ruling by the High Court in London. The judge ruled that HTC had not infringed four technologies that Apple had claimed as its own. He said Apple's slide-to-unlock feature was an "obvious" development in the light of a similar function on an earlier Swedish handset. Apple has also cited the patent in disputes against firms using Google's Android system software.