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IBM Ditches Outsourcing Patent

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the whoops-our-bad dept.

Xenographic writes "IBM has dropped their controversial outsourcing patent, both withdrawing the application and placing it into the public domain. Apparently, it was filed eight months before they implemented more stringent reviews of their patent applications so as to avoid filing for obvious patents, especially business method patents. The notice also says that they would like to thank the community for bringing it to their attention."

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  1. This patent? by ThirdPrize · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is this the one? In which case all they were patenting was an application that worked out which bits of the company you could outsource. It seems very vague to say the least.

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  2. Re:Actually... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    How many American companies do you know that would choose to pay more for their services to keep the jobs at the supplier in the US? Try Netflix. They closed their online support center to open a call center in Oregon. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/business/16netflix.html?fta=y
  3. Re:IBM = Indian Business Machines by ASBands · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dupe

    Gah! Which one is real?

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