Post # 16: Judge uncertainty in Apple and Samsung litigation

In the impending shadow of a second trial for Apple and Samsung in the North of California  there is growing disagreement and uncertainty between the competitors. However, regardless of the lengthening waiting period, the court is in critical indecision over Apples assertion that Samsung's recent envisioned appeal is premature and deployed in order to further delay the legal proceedings at stake. In the midst of this incessant waiting is a growing uncertainty as to whether Apple's asserted claim 19 of their 'rubber banding' or push back patent is still valid.

Apples 'rubber-banding patent' (outlined simply below) is an integrated iOS interface feature that causes the screen to bounce back briefly after reaching the bottom of a scrollable page, as I am sure you have all experienced.





This is especially important in the current situation primarily because this claim was successfully used against a series of Samsung products in the California trial. The USPTO invalidated Apple's U.S. Patent No. 7,469,381 in October of last year which included claim 19. The specific outcome of these series of events is, as of yet, ominously unresolved. It will be interesting to witness the ultimate decision.