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The USS Enterprise crew might want to invite the Samsung execs out for a beer because they’re both in the same boat. The same boat floating in a sea of lawsuits without an oar because Apple owns a patent on rowing technology, that is.
A YouTube video posted last year depicting the Star Trek frustration over patents has relevance once again with news of the Apple, Samsung verdict.
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Doesn’t Lieutenant Commander Data seem more like a Linux type though?
This story originally published on Mashable here.

