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A comment on Apple Files Patent Suit Against Samsung Over Galaxy Line of Phones and Tablets. Parent comment

Re:Apple Files Patent Suit Against Samsung Over Galaxy Line ... by thezilch on Monday April 18, 2011 @05:29PM (#2460775)
I believe you only can stand on the "dock" issue, not including it having 4 apps, as the grid constitutes that number. EVERY other point can be found together on phones pre-dating the iPhone.
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Re:Apple Files Patent Suit Against Samsung Over Galaxy Line ... by wtallis on Monday April 18, 2011 @05:58PM (#2460902)
Even if the concept of third-party prior art applied to trademark disputes, there would have to be a pre-iPhone product that exhibited all of those features for it to be a good defense. Merely showing that each feature had appeared before in some product would not be sufficient.
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