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		weaksauce on Oct 22, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Watching Apple: A closer look at iPhone transition... I am curious how they got around the patent. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6658577.pdf

smackfu on Oct 22, 2010 | [–]

Patents are stricter than you may think and the descriptions of them in the media often gloss over what is actually being patented.

encoderer on Oct 22, 2010 | [–]

They license it?

Or it's different enough to not conflict?

I don't know.

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