It will be thrown out. Lots of prior art on this one. More jobs for the lawyers.
larry On 7/24/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "ZDNet UK reports on [1]criticism of Microsoft's attempt to patent the > creation of custom emoticons. 'I would have expected to see something > like this suggested by one of our more immature community members as a > joke on Slashdot,' quipped Mark Taylor of the Open Source Consortium. > 'We now appear to be living in a world where even the most > [2]laughable paranoid fantasies about commercially controlling simple > social concepts are being outdone in the real world by well-funded > armies of lawyers on behalf of some of the most powerful companies on > the planet.'" > > I mean..WTF!?? > > Are the people in the US Patent office STUPID!? They should all be > fired or banned from having anything to do with technology or software > patents! > > THey NEED to hire new staff! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166098 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
