It appears that Jewish dating site JDate has filed a patent lawsuit against dating sites 2RedBeans, Zoosk, and OKCupid. According to the complaint, JDate alleges that all three companies are infringing the same patent, which states that Sparks Network (JDate's parent company) has invented a method or apparatus for automating the process of confidentially determining whether people feel mutual attraction or have mutual interests. That's right, JDate has a patent on detecting secret crushes. The suit calls out OkCupid's QuickMatch (which shows when two individuals mutually admire each other); Zoosk's Scientific Matching Service, and 2RedBean's Secret Admire function as infringing JDate-owned patent # 5,950,200, titled "Method and Apparatus for Detection Of Reciprocal Interests or Feelings And Subsequent Notification." 
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