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Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?
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On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote:
>> This is the reason software patents comprise such a blight on the world
>> of software development.
>
> Yes, agreed, & not just software.
>
> The european patent office system pressures examiners towards granting
> if they can't quickly find prove the application is already known.
>
> http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/patents/

Sadly, the time they had the likes of Albert Einstein as patent
examiners [1] are well over...

[1]: https://www.ige.ch/en/about-us/einstein/einstein-at-the-patent-office.html

> Cheers,
> Julian

-cpghost.

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