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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) by ese002 on Monday March 19 2018, @01:15AM (1 child)

    by ese002 (5306) on Monday March 19 2018, @01:15AM (#654645)

    What sites and apps don't let women make the first move? Women don't make the first move because they're rather lazy and typically have enough men approaching them that they don't have to put up with the fear of rejection.

    Indeed. On Bumble, the first message is almost always "hey", or of the woman is feeling ambitious: "hi there". Then the burden of actually starting a conversation is punted to the man. If the woman does not send their token message, the match expires in 24 hours which it what usually happens. Bumble also sorts the stack by popularity. So, if you swiping you see a lot of hotties but, unless you are hot yourself, none of them are going to swipe right on you.

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  • (Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Monday March 19 2018, @05:57PM

    by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 19 2018, @05:57PM (#655035)

    Interesting... makes perfect sense. I just signed up for it a few days ago (mainly because of this story) and discovered that the great majority of the women being presented to me were often *ridiculously* attractive. I bet I use it differently than most, as I never swipe right without checking the short profile (300 characters) for anything that indicates a deal breaker.

    I don't see much activity (not surprising; I am not what most would call attractive); occasionally I will see an indication that there was a match, but so far no messages. Personally I have a hard time simply interacting with someone who I don't know and have no idea if they would want my attention. Even a "hi" from someone is enough for me, however.

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