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Canadian Company Claims RDF Patent

Posted by timothy on from the patenting dept.

quinticent writes: "Looks like they are at it again. Companies seem to like to let a standard become, well, standard before pulling out the lawyers to claim they own a patent on it. Now some Canadian company is claiming they own a US patent on RDF (doesn't Slashdot use RDF?). When will the US government realize that allowing patents on common ideas is just wrong? The CNet article is here."

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  1. Blame Canada by halo8 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Thats right.. your going to do it anywase, at least now you have a catchy tune to sing to when you do blame us.

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