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		ShabbosGoy on May 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Wins $539M from Samsung in Damages Retrial I mean sure, you could have a world where everything was free and unpatentable.

asdfologist on May 24, 2018 [–]

Textbook strawman.

ShabbosGoy on May 25, 2018 | [–]

In what way? Do you accept the premise that certain precise design elements, organized in a precise manner, are patentable?

Covzire on May 25, 2018 | | [–]

Based on this precedent, we should have seen a lot of half-billion dollar lawsuits over the design of automobiles in the last 30 years.

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