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Landmark ‘Please Call Me’ case settled

Vodacom has been using the Please Call Me invention for 25 years. Vodacom and Nkosana Makate have settled the years-long 'Please Call Me' battle out of court. In an announcement to shareholders this ...
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The Strange Case Of The $1.5 Billion Idea Without A Patent

Nkosana Makate leaves a Johannesburg court in August 2008 during the long-running Please Call Me saga. (Photo by Tshepo Kekana/Sowetan/Gallo Images/Getty Images) In late 2000, telecoms engineer Ari ...