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Chinese memory firm CXMT relied on leaked Samsung technology to skip years of R&D, court testimony claims (www.techspot.com)
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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Patents in the US only last 20 years on stuff like this, the problem is that lawyers are crafty. So they will patent the formula and then 20 years later the delivery method or something like that. Thus preventing generics for longer than they should be able to.