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MS Files for Broad XML/Word-processing Patent in NZ

Posted by timothy on from the pending dept.

Unloaded writes "In the New Zealand Herald, Adam Gifford has written an article blasting Microsoft for burying the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office in paperwork. One example is Patent 525484, accepted by the office and now open for objections until the end of May, which says Microsoft invented and owns the process whereby a word-processing document stored in a single XML file may be manipulated by applications that understand XML."

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  1. Re:salmacis by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    How's the weather today in Redmond, MS shill?

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