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cowlick · 08-20-2005, 11:19 PM

I don't get this whole media hullabulla. Now maybe it's cause I own a lot of software patents and have been denied for even more.

The real deal at this point is:
Apple is not involved in this story
Microsoft is not involved in this story
This story is about the patent office right now.

Apple didn't get 1-up'd by Microsoft. Microsoft didn't tell Apple, "We own a patten for IP used in iPod, you owe us money." The patent office told Apple, "Sorry this new pattent you are filing for is too similar to one MS filed." Doesn't mean a damn thing really.

08-20-2005, 11:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
cowlick Insane Location: Seattle	I don't get this whole media hullabulla. Now maybe it's cause I own a lot of software patents and have been denied for even more. The real deal at this point is: Apple is not involved in this story Microsoft is not involved in this story This story is about the patent office right now. Apple didn't get 1-up'd by Microsoft. Microsoft didn't tell Apple, "We own a patten for IP used in iPod, you owe us money." The patent office told Apple, "Sorry this new pattent you are filing for is too similar to one MS filed." Doesn't mean a damn thing really. __________________ "It's a long story," says I, and let him up.