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Apple fortunate Intel didn't manage to patent letter i

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A few years ago, Intel tried to patent the letter "i", causing much ribaldry and scurr*lous stor*es *n the *ndustry. Perhaps fortunately for Apple, it failed, otherwise we would have faced the funny prospect of seeing Intel sue Jobsworth's company over the use of the letter i in both the iMac and iBook.... ®

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