This just proves that Newton was right when he published his Principia Cognitionis in 1687 in which he gave his first law of studies, "For each study their is an equal and opposite study".
If Microsoft needs prior art to disprove these patents perhaps they should have a look at X Windows and any version of Unix circa 1993. I used to do exactly what these patents claim using a threaded news reader called xrn. In addition to being obvious and therefore not patentable it was common practice in a variety of applications including Framemaker to name just one commercial application that did this.
I certainly hate to be the one to help out M$ but some of these software patents are debilitating.
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This just proves that Newton was right when he published his Principia Cognitionis in 1687 in which he gave his first law of studies, "For each study their is an equal and opposite study".
Don't these guys realize that Luigi Auriemma is not subject to US laws and the DMCA? A simple whois search would tell your average 9 year old that.
If Microsoft needs prior art to disprove these patents perhaps they should have a look at X Windows and any version of Unix circa 1993. I used to do exactly what these patents claim using a threaded news reader called xrn. In addition to being obvious and therefore not patentable it was common practice in a variety of applications including Framemaker to name just one commercial application that did this. I certainly hate to be the one to help out M$ but some of these software patents are debilitating.