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A couple of things that are crystal clear

A couple of things that are crystal clear

Posted Feb 7, 2012 1:27 UTC (Tue) by nhippi (subscriber, #34640)
In reply to: A couple of things that are crystal clear by bojan
Parent article: Mueller: Apple's iterative approach to FRAND abuse is not for the faint of heart

Apples fondness on patents originates to the "look and feel" lawsuit, where microsoft copied Xerox^WApple UI. The judge decided that Apples copyright didn't cover look and feel of UI, so Apple started patenting to prevent that from happening ever again.


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