Apple Drops 'Thermonuclear' Patent Bombshell.

Started by mongers, April 01, 2012, 01:57:55 PM

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jimmy olsen

They're already waging a scorched earth campaign against Samsung, why would anyone be surprised?
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Syt

Quote from: Neil on April 01, 2012, 08:07:43 PM
See, what's funny about this is that it's actually plausible.  I wouldn't put it past Apple to pull something like this.

Yeah, it reminds me of the prank, years ago, that Metallica would sue someone for using a sequence of four notes that they was also in one of their songs (that was during the time when they were super-rabidly against pirating and file-sharing).
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DGuller

Good synopsis, terrible article.  I really hate it when they go through the motions and toss subtleties aside.