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Are you following this, EU
EU, this is a prime example of patent silliness, tragic silliness, I might add. If you want to step into the twilight zone of software and business process patents with the U.S., go ahead. Just realize that your main accomplishment will be to stifle innovation and make lawyers rich. You'll also shore up the barriers to entry that protect the members of today's technical and media monopolies and cartels (the idea monopoly) from competition. And, you'll kill the good chance you presently have to pull away from U.S. domination of the technology sector.

For those of us on this side of the pond, write your congress folks before AT&T patents that idea, too. This is serious business.
Posted by: Frihet   Posted on: 11/20/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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patent ********!  dg mh | 11/20/03
ZDnet should add new div  Arrg | 11/20/03
I am patenting soon  FirstNLastN | 11/20/03
even better  ghetyei | 11/20/03
This is worrying  VicVics | 11/20/03
oh yeah  lmaxwell | 11/21/03
i am gonna patent home decore,  Chris Moller | 11/21/03
Patenting hyperlinks  blahfeld | 11/23/03
Follow up  blahfeld | 11/23/03
So... IBM has a patent on ESCROW ?  BitTwiddler | 11/20/03
Are you following this, EU  Frihet | 11/20/03
In other news  Arrg | 11/20/03
Why this is a good thing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/03
The Difference  FirstNLastN | 11/20/03
Here's a fix  voska | 11/21/03
If you take this to the illogical conclusion... (FIX Feedback)  AbsolutelyNot | 11/20/03
Patents, Patents everywhere  master of illusion | 11/20/03
wow  lmaxwell | 11/21/03
(NT) This is getting ridiculous......  James T. Kirk | 11/21/03
My new patent.  edpotrafke | 11/21/03
ridiculous  wk2000 | 11/21/03
Whoa! Hold on.....  jvahabzadeh | 11/21/03
Mother-of-all-patents  dougbatchelder | 11/22/03

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