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the question is not "do they look alike". the patent is invalid if there was prior art. and there was: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/24/139925696/sam...

Apple-Guy on June 27, 2012 | [–]

The reason for the injunction is that the judge agree that the patent is valid (prior art examples are invalid).

jolohaga on June 27, 2012 | [–]

Yeah. The patents actually belong to NBC.

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