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Re:Apple declines to join Microsoft in funding patent troll ... by tzs on Friday April 11, 2014 @03:52PM (#7575181)
How come it is news that Apple invested in an IV fund in the past, but is not investing in this new IV fund, but it is not news that Google invested in an IV fund in the past, but is not investing (as far as we know) in this new IV fund? Or Yahoo? Or Nvidia?
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Re:Apple declines to join Microsoft in funding patent troll ... by gress on Friday April 11, 2014 @04:31PM (#7575421)
Because mindlessly associating Apple with almost anything gets clicks, and that's the purpose of news sites.
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Re:Apple declines to join Microsoft in funding patent troll ... by r00fus on Saturday April 12, 2014 @05:50AM (#7577431)
Because Rockstar [1]. This time around they're not supporting the crazy.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_Consortium

edit: reference

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Re:Apple declines to join Microsoft in funding patent troll ... by djjaxe on Friday April 11, 2014 @04:25PM (#7575377)
Because Apple usually just goes along for the ride...?
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