By Stephen Shankland
Published: Wednesday 23 May 2007
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Name
Graham Coles
Location
UK
Occupation
Software Engineer
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I'm sure Microsoft would like it if people licensed their patents.
Especially the patent for the iPod user interface they applied for and were granted about seven months after the iPod was being sold on the high street.
Talk about the patent process being broken beyond repair. I think I'll go and patent an invention for a 'circular thing that makes things move'.
It was the USA that was an early adopter of 'softw...
Roger Huffadine
I'm sure Microsoft would like it if people license...
Graham Coles
Graham has a point that clearly demonstrates the l...
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