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Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap... by enjo on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @01:44PM (#10628760)
Using a magnet to connect to the device.

You can't just reduce something to its simplest component when discussing patents. It's the specific application that matters.

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Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap... by shade23 on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @02:06PM (#10628908)
I guess this would be similar to the Samsung/Apple patent wars which happened?I guess that explains why no-one else tried making anything similar.
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