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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 FatPhil on Monday March 19 2018, @11:42AM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Monday March 19 2018, @11:42AM (#654814) Homepage
    Hey, we heteros aren't all breeders, you know!
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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday March 19 2018, @07:19PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday March 19 2018, @07:19PM (#655071) Journal

    Yeah, which makes it even more baffling. AC below says "alcohol," but I have a bad feeling it's really more like "a lot of rape in third-world countries."

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