Apple took advantage of this in its lawsuit against Apple II cloner Franklin Computer. Franklin claimed it had independently developed its ROM and OS code. On

Apple took advantage of this in its lawsuit against Apple II cloner Franklin Computer. Franklin claimed it had independently developed its ROM and OS code. On examining Franklin's code, Apple found some no-op string variables containing, e.g., the name of an Apple developer and "Appleworks." See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Franklin_Computer_Corp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Frankli....