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So the formula for Coke isn't patentable?
How about medication formulas? How about, well anything that isn't "physical"?
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 07/01/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Who cares  Linux User 147460 | 06/30/06
Paul Allen's Vulcan Enterprise will Care  claytonmuhler | 07/01/06
Who cares  nomorems | 07/04/06
Time to crack another  Linux User 147460 | 06/30/06
Good point . . . That beer goes great when watching this smackdown... (nt)  Plain Logic | 06/30/06
devil  Linux User 147460 | 06/30/06
And as SCO is comming out of the delusional phase the grave implications  michael_t | 06/30/06
Not-so-thin air  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/03/06
Far reaching ramifications? Interesting.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/30/06
Copyright  IT_User | 06/30/06
I think you've nailed it here  Too Old For IT | 07/01/06
So the formula for Coke isn't patentable?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/01/06
Geee  TtfnJohn | 07/01/06
Please learn something about Intellectual Property Law!  B.O.F.H. | 07/01/06
So I should be able to make lawsuit and win even if I cant prove my claim?  CobraA1 | 06/30/06
Clarification on judge statements  Solid Water | 06/30/06
Let the courts decide if it is true or not....  Linux User 147460 | 06/30/06
Judge Brooke Wells  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/03/06
Long and drawn out  bitfuzzy | 06/30/06
What do "concepts and methods" have to do with copyrights?  Michael Kelly | 06/30/06
This isn't a patent infringement case  John L. Ries | 06/30/06
you read wrong  NemesisNL | 06/30/06
"Concepts and Methods" basis for every software patent ..but  stevey_d | 07/01/06
Ramifications in Copywrite law as per software?  B.O.F.H. | 07/01/06
You should read before commenting  Chad_z | 07/01/06
Ha Ha Ha...  MmmBuddy | 07/03/06
And before that  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/03/06
You don't pay much attention  John L. Ries | 07/03/06
A Needed Correction  TtfnJohn | 07/01/06
No_ax doesn't read Groklaw  CobraA1 | 07/02/06
More to the point  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/03/06
i bet the judge is running sacred  barsteward | 07/02/06
It's amazing....  mdsmedia | 07/03/06
More likely, No_Ax is a troll...  Zogg | 07/03/06
No_Ax Missed The Point Entirely  MmmBuddy | 07/03/06
Your observation is Spot On - Good job. (nt)  Plain Logic | 07/03/06
I imagine you know by now you are barking up the wrong tree  Physco Dude | 07/03/06
Tiny little details  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/03/06
It has always been the case  nomorems | 07/04/06
No_Ax, there are no patents involved  wolf_z | 12/18/06
As Judge said, It's like a cop accusing one of shoplifting . . .  Plain Logic | 06/30/06
Sad day for Intellectual Property...  Mike Cox | 06/30/06
So so .. 4.5 - Waiting to hear how your rep spins this !!! (nt)  Plain Logic | 06/30/06
5.0  John L. Ries | 06/30/06
Sorry your trollness, but  bitfuzzy | 06/30/06
Tweet!  John L. Ries | 06/30/06
Make it 10  John Zern | 06/30/06
Sorry your trollness, but  richdave | 07/01/06
8.75  nomorems | 07/04/06
SCO suit is now effectively over - Can't wait to watch IBM . . .  Plain Logic | 06/30/06
I'll do one better  bitfuzzy | 06/30/06
I disagree  hoiatl | 06/30/06
WAS is the key word  bitfuzzy | 07/01/06
HAHAHAHAHAHA  John Zern | 06/30/06
This is all just speculation, of course. BUT...  Zogg | 07/01/06
SCO legaly owned the SOURCE code of the original SVr4 UNIX and  michael_t | 07/01/06
As far as the source code goes...  Zogg | 07/01/06
SUN was the UNIX company which substantially  michael_t | 07/03/06
michael_t , Isn't that assertion still being litigated ???  Plain Logic | 07/01/06
you are absolutely right  NemesisNL | 07/02/06
Nicely put  bitfuzzy | 07/03/06
Yes, but it does not have the same impact as when the case started  Physco Dude | 07/03/06
"UNIX" itself is "owned" by the Opengroup  michael_t | 07/03/06
But Michael , Isn't Novell contesting SvR4 Ownership in Court ???  Plain Logic | 07/04/06
If we had "Loser Pays"  Too Old For IT | 07/01/06
SCO: Shutup and stop wasting your money...  Linux_Fanboy | 06/30/06
Not their money, it's Microsoft's...  jinko | 07/01/06
No, LET them waste their money  A.Typical Zork | 07/03/06
Well since it nearly over and SCO is down with a tko  Quebec-french | 07/01/06
SCO IP available on eBay: $9.99 Buy it Now  Too Old For IT | 07/01/06
SCO is doing us all a huge favor ...  George Mitchell | 07/01/06
Serves you right, SCO.  jgmsys@... | 07/01/06
This isn't over yet...  BFD | 07/01/06
Sorry, but it is over . . .  Plain Logic | 07/01/06
wrong  NemesisNL | 07/02/06
Of course, it is not just what is there; but how it got there...  Physco Dude | 07/03/06
Judge said NOMINAL damages  MmmBuddy | 07/03/06
And one minor detail, WHO DID THE DEEDS...  Physco Dude | 07/03/06
Youre right, of course  John L. Ries | 07/03/06
Way overstated  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/03/06
UMM....  Gorets | 07/02/06
Those CoxARoaches are hiding in the woodwork .  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 07/02/06
What the heck is that about  Linux User 147460 | 07/02/06
Cute slam and play on words, but meaningless  A.Typical Zork | 07/03/06
Why would you want to?  A.Typical Zork | 07/03/06
I think you'll find Mike posting earlier in this thread  mdsmedia | 07/04/06
You do realize that Mike is poking fun don't you.  Physco Dude | 07/03/06
How much longer will this go on  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 07/02/06
Maybe you need to be a lawyer  Linux User 147460 | 07/02/06
Southern , He doesn't need any NEW facts. . .  Plain Logic | 07/02/06
Don't bet the farm on it  Linux User 147460 | 07/02/06
Ian , the wheels of justice turn slowly . . .  Plain Logic | 07/02/06
LOL  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 07/02/06
I wish they kept the claims in...  Physco Dude | 07/03/06
No, you don't  mobrien_12@... | 07/04/06
When I first saw the headline...  Confused by religion | 07/03/06
Actually, you were projecting to the reality of the situation . . .  Plain Logic | 07/03/06
In reality,...  Confused by religion | 07/03/06
NEVER BUY SCO!  Reverend MacFellow | 07/05/06

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