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seanmcdirmid on Oct 3, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Samsung ends mobile phone production in China

This. Apple didn’t steal anything from xerox, they bought it. Sure they got a good deal, but it was still a legal transaction.

tooltalk on Oct 3, 2019 | [–]

Apple didn't buy anything from Xerox -- and there was no licensing between the two companies. Xerox filed a lawsuit in fact in the late 1980's to prevent Apple scaring potential customers with Apple's copyright claims (eg, Apple's lawsuit against MS which Apple eventually lost).

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