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Here's a potential way out for Google after Apple's recent win on its slide-to-unlock patent in Germany. A patent application for unlocking mobile devices that Google filed in August 2010 was published earlier this month – which means it will now form full prior art for other patent applications worldwide. The paperwork details …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Let's see what apple's layers had to say about UI

    Back when Microsoft was taking them to court for making a GUI. Naaa, that might be embarasing, considering Apple won that one.

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  2. blackadder1000

    I don't think this Google 'patent' has been granted. From the USPTO it looks like it has only been published, with a long way to go until grant.

    Also, it appears to have only been filed in the US. How is that going to help manufacturers selling products in Germany? I guess they claim priority from it but then they've got years to go until it would be granted in Europe.

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