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Microsoft Applies For Patent On Private Browsing
PhilDEE writes "Microsoft is in the process of applying for two patents for a private browsing mode in their next version of Internet Explorer — a feature already present in Safari, among other browsers."
we cannot allow this reporting of legitimacy of software patents as if they are par for the course to go unchecked
email the bbc and tell them to obtain a backbone and stand up to m$ (and build chairproof buildings)
i mean, seriously, how is this more than evolutionary?
innovative my rear
A good example would be the non-profit org who where sued by Miracle Grow for using GREEN and YELLOW on their package of fertilizer despite the package it's self looking NOTHING like a Miracle Grow package at all.
From what I read, it wasn't a non-profit, but rather a small for-profit business. Also, the suit alleged a number of direct and unverifiable claims that TerraCycle made that directly compared their product to Miracle-Gro. I agree that there packages looked nothing alike, aside from some similar color usage, but that is far from the only thing that the lawsuit was about.
So where did they get the image of the Hourglass Nebula, NASA. They would have no grounds for going after anyone that used an image of an object in space as part of their logo or CD cover. Maybe if the astronomy club directly took your companies logo and pasted their name on to it they would have a case.
Nice try but think a little harder next time.