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Microsoft's Bold Patent Move

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-this-actually-real dept.

theodp writes "On Thursday, the USPTO disclosed that Microsoft has a patent pending for displaying numbers in a box to make them stand out. " Check out the images to see the power of this breakthrough patent. That's almost impossible to do without patents.

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  1. Don't get out of hand... by someonewhois · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Queue the line of idiots who don't understand the meaning of a defensive patent... now!

  2. Re:Am I dumb? by digidave · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I can explain: story submitters are unable to link to the correct patents. Don't worry, some Slashdotter with time to search will post a link to the correct one. It will then be revealed that the patent is not at all similar to the Slashdot blurb, but is very stupid anyhow.

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  3. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Is someone just trolling patent records/submittals for dirt on Microsoft or what? Get a life you asshats!

  4. Check Out The Names of the "Inventors" by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Abbar, Mohamed Anas; (Redmond, WA) ; Arayasantiparb, Athapan; (Redmond, WA) ; Wang-Aryattawanich, Thiti; (Sammamish, WA)

    Yeah, right, it just so happens that two sound Thai and one sounds Middle Eastern.

    You see who Microsoft hires to do this sort of thing?

    These guys went to MIT on Microsoft scholarships maybe?

    Their U.S. visas are paid for by Microsoft maybe?

    These guys are probably janitors whose names were put on the patents by Gates' lawyers.

    Gimme a fucking break.

    Tell me again, "Linux guy" working for Microsoft, that Microsoft doesn't intend to destroy open source with patents.

    Fucking liars, the lot.

    This is wholesale government-sanctioned coercive THEFT, not "intellectual property". These patents exist for one reason and one reason only - to be used as extortion against anyone in the business Gates doesn't like.

    Fine. Go ahead, Bill. Try to destroy OSS using patents. I've got news for you - it will make the massive failure of the "War on Drugs" (not to mention Iraq) look like the greatest success you've ever had. People will fucking IGNORE YOU.

    Any code I ever produce will be produced anonymously on the Net from fucking Colombia or a cave in Afghanistan, if necessary. Try suing that, asshole.

    Hey, bin Laden! Drop a plane on Redmond, please. Best thing you could do for the US.

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