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Microsoft Copies Idea, Admits It, Then Patents It

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the we'll-take-that-too dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BlueJ is a popular academic IDE which lets students have a visual programming interface. Microsoft copied the design in their 'Object Test Bench' feature in Visual Studio 2005 and even admitted it. Now, a patent application has come to light which patents the very same feature, blatantly ignoring prior art."

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  1. Re:Sick Software "Patents" by Flendon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think that name could get a lot more people behind it than tooi.org. Either way, I'd help out where I could on that cause.

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