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Microsoft's Obvious-Patent Insanity
Published 12/30/2008 by infoweek@methvin.com (Dave Methvin) at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
On Christmas, Microsoft filed for yet another one of those crazy patents that seems so obvious you have to wonder why they bother to apply. Aren't patents supposed to be for non-obvious inventions ?
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