Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 6th Oct 2009 21:43 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
Law and Order The patent wars rage on. Eolas, a company that before won US$585 million from Microsoft in 2003 in a suit that challenged the use of ActiveX and AJAX, is now after twenty-three separate companies allegedly because their precious patent was spoiled by all of them.
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Patents only with products
by 3rdalbum on Wed 7th Oct 2009 11:55 UTC
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IMHO patents, whether they be for software or real-world goods, should only be granted if there is at least a practical, working, in-development-or-prototype product.