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I'm a software developer and I'm in favor of reasonable patent and copyright laws. I can tell you that I wouldn't design this software without them. Why would I invest my time and resources into developing something that anyone could then ripoff?
The original makers of this product invested their time and resources before the iPad even existed. Now someone rips off the work they did, and we are supposed to feel sorry for the thieves?
As tubemonkey said, "License the patent."
Patents last for 17 to 20 years, so when the patents expire then anyone can copy at will. BTW, the company in question has been making AAC devices for well over 20 years, so a lot of their patents have probably already expired.
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