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