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Neither is fair. Sheer lunacy to the whole mess
Your little lecture on patents skirted the critical issue that makes the whole thing a mess. Patents are given for inventions; true "inventions" are not just useful, they are unique in that they are brought into existence by a mind that didn't simply create what would be obvious to someone who was trained in the art. Much of the individual components of software are the result of just that; the simplest code required to get the job done right.

Admittedly, a real software inventor of true inventor status will be able to come up with such code where nobody else can, thats an invention. Just being the first to write some specialized code, in many cases, code that nobody else is interested in at the moment, is not an invention of any true kind if its just code that most trained people in the art would eventually write if they had a reason to put their mind to the task. Thats not an invention, and that is not supposed to be protected by patent law.
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Rare win  John L. Ries | 02/26/08
There seems to be a bit of dancing here by the Plantiff..  rtirman37@... | 02/27/08
This is not about what's fair...  Information_z | 02/28/08
Patenting software seems strange...  MikeZane | 02/27/08
how strange is it? btw, no mention in patent reform act  moskowitzs | 02/27/08
Cross Merck and see ...  knot_mine | 02/27/08
not quite..  STDog | 02/27/08
A fantasy  bmerc | 02/27/08
Truer words were never spoken!  Ole Man | 02/27/08
Neither is fair. Sheer lunacy to the whole mess  Cayble | 02/27/08
I agree.  Bruizer | 02/27/08
Can you?  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
Out to lunch  Cayble | 02/27/08
And perhaps that is why most IP law is  Mahegan | 02/27/08
Properly patenting software ...  lalogos | 02/27/08
rediculous patent laws  pcguy777 | 03/13/08
judges care too much about MS's wellbeing to rule fairly. they'll let M$  wessonjoe | 02/27/08
What about MSFT paying the fine to be held in excrow...  Confused by religion | 02/27/08
What about you?  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
You just validated Milly with even realizing it  GuidingLight | 02/28/08
RE: Patent court rules in Microsoft patent spat  agohige | 02/27/08
Bogus?  drobinow | 02/27/08
So...  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
A few engineers can write software and that's it  BALTHOR | 02/27/08
This ...  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
Has anyone heard it yet?  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
Linking files to DB's has been around since the dawn of time itselt  pcguy777 | 02/27/08
Patents  Altotus | 02/27/08
Surely...  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
code  trm1945 | 02/27/08
Software patents is a defective idea. It goes against the purpose  hkommedal | 02/27/08
Is it?  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
Remember thar most of the world do NOT recognize software patents.  hkommedal | 02/28/08
Not quite right  s_carter2000@... | 02/28/08
I don't like the idea of software patents  kedens | 02/27/08
I do like software patents if....  robert.w.michaelson@... | 02/28/08
How many patents?  cheesyone | 02/28/08
What is wrong with copyright. That is a lot more automatic and  hkommedal | 02/28/08
What is wrong with copyright. That is a lot more ...  TiggerTom | 02/28/08
What about prior art  Altotus | 03/13/08
Patent process is need of review  Boot_Agnostic | 02/28/08
And politicians and Corporate bigwigs  Ole Man | 03/01/08

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