News in brief: Apple in patent win over Samsung, Wonga man joins moneysupermarket, Rents race up by 7.2% in London

Apple today won its latest court battle with Samsung when a Japanese court ruled that the South Korean firm had infringed its US rival’s patent for a “bounceback” feature used on tablet and smartphone models.

Apple had claimed that Samsung had copied its “bounce-back” feature, which causes documents or photos to quiver when users try to scroll beyond the end on a tablet or phone’s touchscreen.

Wonga man joins moneysupermarket

Price comparison site moneysupermarket.com today added the chairman of controversial payday loans firm Wonga to its board.

Robin Klein joins as a non-executive director. Klein is a venture partner of Facebook investor Index Ventures, as well as having the chairman’s role at online businesses Moo Print and MyBuilder. He is also on the board of property website Zoopla.

Rents race up by 7.2% in London

Tenants in London have seen rents shoot up by more than 7% over the last year, a survey said today.

The rise of 7.2% in the capital was more than double the 3.5% increase in charges from a year earlier seen across the rest of the country, LSL Property Services said. “With wage growth so weak, it looks like deposits will become less affordable, which will keep demand for rented accommodation high,” LSL director David Newnes added.