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It should have been invalidated in the course of the trial, but we have a wonderful notion of presumed validity.

Instead we just went through both an expensive lawsuit and a re-exam procedure for a patent that never should have been filed and hence never should have issued.

It begs the question: How often are damages paid for "infringement" of invalid claims?

Lawyers made money. The USPTO made money.

Businesses lost money, not to mention time.

Anyone who is paying licensing fees for Apple's bogus pinch to zoom patent, you can stop paying now. Thanks for playing.