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Tinder Parent Company Sues Rival Dating App that It Wants to Acquire

posted by martyb on Sunday March 18 2018, @04:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the burning-desire? dept.

takyon writes:

Tinder's parent company, Match Group, wants to acquire Bumble, which rejected a $450 million offer from Match Group last year. Match Group appears to be forcing the issue with a patent infringement lawsuit:

Match Group, the online dating company that owns services like Tinder and Match.com, wants to buy Bumble, another popular dating app that lets women make the first move.

But Match may be trying to push the deal along in an unconventional way: A new patent infringement lawsuit filed late Friday in U.S. District court in Waco, Texas.

Match Group is suing Bumble, which was founded by one of Tinder's co-founders, for infringing on two of its patents, including a design patent for Tinder's now-famous swipe-to-connect feature, according to the suit.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by zzarko on Sunday March 18 2018, @08:41PM (1 child)

    by zzarko (5697) on Sunday March 18 2018, @08:41PM (#654575)

    How on Earth did "swipe to connect" got a patent on an OS whose whole UI is based on swiping and tapping? What's next, "tap to call" as a patent? (BTW, it's mine, if not already patented!). Stupid US patent system...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 18 2018, @10:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 18 2018, @10:08PM (#654597)

    The same way that all those ... on a computer patents were granted. The USPTO is no longer funded by the government, it's heavily dependent upon the fees that companies pay to get patents. If they started to evaluate things seriously, they'd likely have fewer patent applications submitted and less funding.

    The USPTO should be completely funded by the government with licensing fees going into a federal government slush fund so that there isn't this nasty incestuous dance going on.