Re: [xml-dev] Another Microsoft XML patent

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Re: [xml-dev] Another Microsoft XML patent
James Fuller wrote:
> The patent application process becomes an effective barier to
> entry for the small innovators that they tout as the little guy
> that the patent office serves to protect.

Does the UK rationale imply protecting the little guy?  Neat, can you 
post a link?  In the US, for example, the Constitution just says
"To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for 
limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their 
espective writings and discoveries"

	/r$
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