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Old 07-24-2008, 09:30 AM  
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Originally Posted by FightThisPatent View Post
yowsa. the article states that googles page rank patent could be found to be invalid.

with all the money google has, they will surely be fighting this thing, and tie up the end resolution of eliminating process patents.

these days, capital is easier to find if you truly have a great idea, so the whole of patents was to protect the little guy from the big guys.. instead, patents have served the big guys in steamrolling over little guys.


Fight the Patent!
Instead of flat-out dropping software patents, they should just invent a new "type" of patent. All current "Patent" holders for software related property, would automatically be converted to this new type.
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