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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. Re:Some patents still apply by Krishnoid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think I see something with butt hinges coming this direction ... it looks like ... a shower of chairs. [Gets under desk]

  2. Re:Rats Flee the Sinking Ship. by gcnaddict · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As of the time of my reply, I see that you've got a "-1, Insightful" score on your post.

    Congratulations!

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  3. Cleartype/Font Rendering by dbcooper_nz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So, will the font rendering technologies patented by MS and Apple now be free to use in freetype/gnome/kde?

  4. They aren't, memory's fine, your definition's bad by GuloGulo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You linked to one article that is a year and a half old, and talks about plans that in the mean time have not been implemented in any way and you use THAT to justify to yourself that they're patent trolls.

    If that's what you've got then, NO!.

    Your bias doesn't change that.

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