Apple retains multitouch patent thanks to Patent Office ruling, forces competition to

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Sorry, anonymous Apple multitouch patent challenger – your victory isn’t only temporary, it’s also short-lived. The US Patent Office has decided to uphold patent No. 7,479,949 after tentatively invalidating it in December of 2012, which could mean bad news for many of Cupertino’s competitors. If …