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Originally Posted by stustaff
If the dev had not used an action that apple claim to have a patent on then I doubt apple would have rejected it.
i dont claim to know patent law but apple have applied for pinch to zoom and an article on wired.com states
""It seems that Apple could win patent claims where they are directed toward a touchscreen user device," says Chad Peterman, an expert on patent and antitrust litigation and an attorney at Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler. While a gesture like "the pinch" in and of itself is not patentable, if you connect that motion to a specific function on a popular device, it is possible to argue that other devices using the same technique are infringing, Peterman says."....
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Where did you see that "apple have applied for pinch to zoom?" AFAIK there is no such application, and it's likely not patentable. The quote you site is some guy saying "it is possible to argue," which means very little.
Your argument about Apple's reasons for rejecting the app also makes no sense, since if Apple wanted to bolster whatever claim you think they have, they would have explicitly stated such reason and widely publicized it.
BTW, while Apple keeps claiming that the App Store is insignificant in terms of revenue, estimates are that it brings in a quarter of a billion in profits for Apple, which is significant.
Certainly significant enough to provide a better reason for keeping Flash out, than the gibberish about Adobe being lazy and Flash crashing "all the time."