June 08, 2026
A California federal judge on Monday sided with Apple's assertion that a Swedish smartphone company's swipe-to-unlock patent lacks a valid written description, invalidating the patent owner's infringement claim.
September 04, 2025
A Texas federal judge has approved Neonode Smartphone's bid to dismiss the company's patent suit against Samsung over its swipe to unlock feature after the parties reached a deal in the case.
June 12, 2024
The Federal Circuit has quickly disposed of an appeal over an administrative board ruling that wiped out language in a patent asserted in a small Swedish smartphone company's litigation against Apple and Samsung over claims its founder was the first to develop a "slide to unlock" feature.