Apple totally loses the patent plot, big time

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Apple has been told by the All Seeing Eye of the US Patent Office that it did not invent a key patent which it has been using to see off rivals in some of the most vicious patent trolling known to man.

For those who came in late, Apple has been unable to compete against rivals who have been releasing shedloads of similar, cheaper and often more innovative products. So rather than coming up with new ideas, it set its lawyers on rivals claiming they copied all of its ideas.

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