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Microsoft Patents 'IsNot', Enlists WTO

Posted by michael on from the sigh dept.

Milhouse102 writes "I was just reading an article on The Register about Microsoft's offshore patent war following Ballmer's recent outburst in Asia. I came across this little nugget, it seems MS has patented BASIC's IsNot operator."

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  1. who's gonna reply? by justforaday · · Score: -1, Redundant

    IsSo!!!

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    I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
  2. Yeah, well, I'm gonna patent IsToo! by elwinc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, well, I'm gonna patent IsToo, so there!
    IsNot
    IsToo
    IsNot
    IsToo
    I win!!

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    --- Often in error; never in doubt!
  3. Hmmm by beth_linker · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Is someone going to patent IsToo?

  4. Is this in violation? by P-Nuts · · Score: -1, Redundant
    10 PRINT "Sue me!"
    20 GOTO 10
  5. I'm gong to be rich! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I just got my patent on "I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and stcks to you."

  6. Re:So am I infringing if... by jkabbe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Paragraph 13 shows a pretty clear case of when a claim should be rejected for obviousness. If the same basic concept has already been invented and all you are doing is making a trivial combination, you don't deserve a patent.

  7. Re:Am too. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I think I am going to trademark the following words:
    "or", "else", "or else"...