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Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 08, 2011 @07:04PM

An anonymous reader writes: With a patent originally owned by LG in tow, a Florida based company called Operating Systems Solutions LLC recently filed suit against Apple claiming that OS X's use of quick booting infringes the aforementioned patent.

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BIOS? (Score:2)

by GreatDrok ( 684119 ) writes:

Apple uses EFI. If they're explicitly citing BIOS then it should die right there.
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  by SavoWood ( 650474 ) writes:
  
  Is BIOS intended as generic or specifically excluding EFI? I think that's where the lawyers will take it. I think I'll sit back and watch the feathers fly on this one.

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