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fpgeek on Nov 1, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “R...

The groundwork for these measures was laid a long, long time ago. Many of the patents Apple has used against Android OEMs have gone back to the mid-90s - when Apple v Microsoft was recent history and their inability to get "patent-like protection" from UI copyrights was fresh in Apple's mind.

waqf on Nov 1, 2013 [–]

Yes, they have been prepared for this a long time. They could have launched this strategy any time they wanted.

And I'm saying that the reason they're doing it now is because they're out of ideas.

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