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		tptacek on July 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in... He's not almost infringing the patent. There is no such thing as "almost infringing" a patent. And unlike a lot of legal language, patent claims language isn't simply "legal jargon"; it is a programming language of its own, interpreted in a specific and strict fashion by the legal system.

petegrif on July 18, 2011 [–]

A language which the overwhelming majority of people are (understandably) completely unfamiliar.

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