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Since I haven’t posted a ridiculous and/or questionable patent this week… Benjamin Jackson just reminded me this exists: when Twitter bought Loren Brichter’s Atebits they picked up a patent for “pull to refresh”. Brichter filed for the patent the day before Atebits’ purchase was made public. Perhaps filing for the patent was a small condition of the acquisition. Who knows whether this would hold up in court, though Twitter has said they do not intent to enforce it.

Since I haven’t posted a ridiculous and/or questionable patent this week…

Benjamin Jackson just reminded me this exists: when Twitter bought Loren Brichter’s Atebits they picked up a patent for “pull to refresh”. Brichter filed for the patent the day before Atebits’ purchase was made public. Perhaps filing for the patent was a small condition of the acquisition.

Who knows whether this would hold up in court, though Twitter has said they do not intent to enforce it.

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  1. ricardocamargo reblogged this from thenextweb
  2. jaysonng reblogged this from thenextweb and added:
    Twitter owns the patent for this? Better them than some Patent troll!
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  6. thecollegesocialpath reblogged this from dbreunig and added:
    That’s really interesting, and...upset many people if
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