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Re:Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement by ajross on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @04:28PM (#1162565)
Sorry, but by filing this lawsuit, Apple is trying to force us to do exactly that. Or at least, force us to stop using HTC phones that "look like" an iPhone.

You're appealing to choice in your argument, but by asserting patent rights Apple is saying that there is no choice.

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Re:Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement by stcredzero on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @06:10PM (#1162839)
You're implying that Apple's particular implementation of multi-touch is some sort of essential for life. It's not. At least not yet.
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Re:Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement by ajross on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @06:31PM (#1162873)
The injunctive relief sought goes rather farther than "stop using our particular implementation of multi-touch". I think you need to go back and read the complaint (there's a great writeup right now at http://lwn.net). Yours seems to be a knee-jerk defense of your favorite company, but this is not a trivial or common license action.
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Re:Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement by stcredzero on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @06:32AM (#1163870)
Yours seems to be a knee-jerk defense of your favorite company

Pure prejudice on your part? Are you basing this on my other writings? Or is this just a stab in the dark? (I will re-read the claim, however.)

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