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Re:How Sony inadvertently helped a competitor and lost posit... by robg on Thursday January 01, 2009 @02:39PM (#416606)
Sure, but if it was as simple as ordering parts from vendors couldn't anyone reconstruct either product on the hardware side?
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Re:How Sony inadvertently helped a competitor and lost posit... by orib on Thursday January 01, 2009 @03:48PM (#416668)
They can and do, for the most part. iPhone knockoffs are a dime a dozen, for the most part, although Apple has design patents to keep them from looking too close to they original.
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