Apple’s rubber-banding patent used to beat Samsung in court tentatively invalidated by Patent Office

Apple’s infamous rubber-banding patent (Patent No. 7,469,381), a key player in its $1 billion victory over Samsung earlier this year, may not be as solid as Apple had hoped. While the jury in the Apple versus Samsung  case found the patent’s claims to be valid and concluded that all 21 Samsung phones had infringed upon it, ... Read More »