USPTO Reverses Course, Confirms Apple’s ‘Overscroll Bounce’ Patent The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) reversed a "final" ruling from April that invalidated key claims in Apple's "overscroll bounce" patent. The USPTO informed Apple that it would be issuing a reexamination certificate for the patent that confirms four key claims, including claim 19 that a jury found Samsung infringed in 2012.
June 14, 2013 - The Mac Observer
Apple scores another win over Samsung with validated rubber-band patent The United States Patent and Trademark Office plans to issue a reexamination certificate confirming four of Apple’s claims regarding its rubber-band patent, according to FOSS Patents. The patent is one of Apple’s most famous technologies and relates to the bouncing effect in iOS when a user reaches the end of a page while scrolling. One of the claims validated by the USPTO, claim 19, was ...
June 13, 2013 - BGR News via Yahoo! News
Labrador calls for reexamination of Patriot Act WASHINGTON -- In the wake of revelations about the controversial National Security Agency surveillance programs, Idaho Republican Congressman Raul Labrador took to the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday to call for a reexamination of the USA Patriot Act. On the floor, Labrador laid out just a few examples of what he calls, "Violations of our civil liberties," including the NSA ...
June 12, 2013 - KTVB Boise