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   Re: [xml-dev] Patents

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Hello Timothy,

Timothy said:
> > Slightly off topic, but a sad example of how far our patent system has
fallen:
> >
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-885552.html
>
> The saddest thing is that the father invested so much effort in teaching a
five
> year-old about the patent process. What a dullard.
>

Didier replies:
The real question to ask now is: Did a 5 years old child would have been
able to get such patent at the beginning of the last century? If yes nothing
as changed or improved, if not, our collective intellect is degrading at
each century.

cheers
Didier PH Martin





 

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