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Groklaw Says Microsoft Patent Portfolio Now Worthless

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the along-with-most-patents dept.

twitter writes "P.J. concludes her look at the Bilski decision: 'you'll recall patent lawyer Gene Quinn immediately wrote that it was bad news for Microsoft, that "much of the Microsoft patent portfolio has gone up in smoke" because, as Quinn's partner John White pointed out to him, "Microsoft doesn't make machines." Not just Microsoft. His analysis was that many software patents that had issued prior to Bilski, depending on how they were drafted, "are almost certainly now worthless." ... He was not the only attorney to think about Microsoft in writing about Bilski.'"

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  1. Frosty Bilski by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Patent law is yummy!

  2. Full Disclosure. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You would like to attribute all of the published stories from twitter and Erris to one person? Nice, can you collect the other puppet stories togher? Who pays you to do this? Do your hobbies include torturing small animals? What are you going to do with yourself when M$ goes bankrupt?

    1. Re:Full Disclosure. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hey twitter! I had a really good time last night. The way you rimmed me out, darting your tongue around was just amazing. But why are you posting anonymously?