October 19, 2023
A Delaware federal judge on Thursday tossed with prejudice a patent infringement suit claiming Meta and its WhatsApp and Instagram units stole the technology for a feature that lets users reply to an individual within group chats, after Meta invalidated most of the suit's claims before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
October 05, 2020
Online messaging platform Wrinkl Inc. slammed Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp with a patent infringement suit in Delaware federal court Friday, claiming the social media platforms stole the technology for the "swipe-to-reply" feature that lets users reply to an individual within group chats.