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Microsoft Word Patent Case Going To Supreme Court

Posted by Soulskill on from the eye-for-an-eye dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Microsoft may have had to change Word after being found guilty of violating a Canadian company's patents, but it's still resisting paying for damages — and is taking the fight to the US Supreme Court. If you can't stand either MS or patents, who do you root for here?"

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  1. kneejerk rooting against microsoft by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    is tired, circa 2002

    it's 2010 folks, google is the evil beast you want to take down. yes, i know some of you still look at google like the darling it was... in 2002

    some of you really need to update your kneejerk prejudices for the new decade, thanks

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  2. Re:First by Bert64 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Patents (and copyrights for that matter) may have started out with noble ideals, but today they are distorted to such an extent that their net effect is extremely harmful and very much evil.
    Patents were supposed to encourage innovation, but today they actually impede innovation significantly. Even Bill Gates has said so.

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