Another bizarre Apple patent troll case, in which Runtime Revolution plays a bit part

[Jim Lambert]

Bruce wrote:

> The patent is RE43,318 which is a reissue of 6,920,619. The first few claims will give you an idea of what is covered:
> 
> 1. A system for manipulating images comprising a screen upon which an image is displayed; and a computer coupled to the screen, the computer causing the images to be manipulated in response to location inputs from a pointing device, the system being characterized in that: when the image is being dragged in response to the location inputs and the system detects that the velocity with which the image is being dragged exceeds a threshold velocity, the system responds by removing the image from the display without leaving any representative thereof in the display.

Yep, that independent claim is lawyer-ese for what I said, "touching an object on the screen and flinging it away to delete it."

Jim Lambert