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This is a future legal manipulation tactic
I cannot see any other reason than for Microsoft to use the
idiocyncrasies of the patent process in future legal cases.

Imagine, someone sues Microsoft for patent infringement and
Microsoft's defense is that the software they used is nothing
more than the nature evolution of the industry and see, the
patent office is so stupid, they even let us patent a tree, which is
a part of the natural evolution of the apple tree. Using an apple
tree is just part of the irony.

Microsoft does nothing for fun. I am certain this will be used to
challenge the whole patent process later when they want to
defend themselves for ripping off another company's IP again.
Posted by: mlindl   Posted on: 05/05/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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If you can't get 'em one way  AbsolutelyNot | 05/04/04
Apr 1?  Martin Marvinski | 05/04/04
see ... ya gotta count your fingers after shaking Gates' hands  oldskool | 05/04/04
Mike, where are you?  DpuTiger | 05/04/04
Total BS  j.m.galvin | 05/04/04
does that mean m$ also has patent on the worm? -nt  stephen732@... | 05/04/04
Maybe its something pharmaceutical in nature  FilledOut | 05/04/04
Patenting something found in nature  tic swayback | 05/04/04
Yup - they can  ac2_z | 05/04/04
Obviousness  tic swayback | 05/04/04
So?  PA-ITGuy | 05/04/04
You would be sued  voska | 05/05/04
Some differences there  tic swayback | 05/05/04
Patenting something found in nature  seosamh_z | 05/04/04
It's not the genome is it?  voska | 05/04/04
Genome Project  tic swayback | 05/04/04
They patented mice  voska | 05/04/04
Patented Mice  tic swayback | 05/04/04
They weren't engineered  voska | 05/05/04
The Oncomouse  tic swayback | 05/05/04
yes it's pretty bad....  Monkey_MCSE | 05/04/04
sad  eLurker | 05/04/04
Oh boy another target for Worms  Squawkbox | 05/04/04
Too late for MS/Apple jokes?  toadlife | 05/04/04
Yours is the superior funny bone  Squawkbox | 05/04/04
LOL!  CobraA1 | 05/06/04
This is a future legal manipulation tactic  mlindl | 05/05/04
Ok, so now NATURE is patentable ?  BitTwiddler | 05/05/04
why not  eLurker | 05/05/04
My patent is even more significant.  Anton Philidor | 05/06/04
the last sentence:  ryusen | 05/05/04
Apple  broom | 06/23/04

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