Horrible, Joyless Patent Trolls Are Suing Samsung and RIM Over Emoticons (o_O) [Patents]

I bet when you're texting with friends you like to drop a :-) or maybe a ;-). If you're really up on your game, it's possible you toss in a (^_^). And because RIM and Samsung decided to include a quick-access key for these wonderful digital creations on their smartphones, some soulless patent trolls got all >:-O about it, and are taking the companies to court. More »

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