By Graeme Wearden
Published: Friday 21 May 2004
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Joe
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usa
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na
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They're right - It will impact THIER businesses in the UK. They're just mad they can't patent walking and chewing gum at the same time, when done on a computer. Patents are meant to protect DESIGNS, and not ideas/implementations of that design. For example, Edison patented 'the lightbulb', but if someone used a different implemention (like double sealed ones did, as well as say, more modern sodium-ion bulbs), then they couldn't claim a legitimate patent right.
Didn't people learn, with the GIF patents?
They're right - It will impact THIER businesses in...
Joe
Fight it any way you can...wankers!
mmm
Too broad or too obvious
Every objection I've y...
CPK Smithies
If we don't patent something America will eh? That...
Anonymous
Where do we protest? To whom do we send our email...
Anonymous
Well... Polish Goverment put the heat off for a wh...
MadPole
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