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Originally Posted by FightThisPatent
i would expect google, ibm, microsoft, apple, etc to have this thing tied up with lobbyists and lawsuits, etc for years.
there is too much money at stake. there are current licensees of patents that wouldn't have to pay, therefore resulting in billions of dollars lost to the patent holders is what they will be crying about.
I am glad to see there is a realization that process patents that don't make anything tangible are under attack.
Fight the whining!
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I agree with this. Process patents on non-tangible goods shouldn't be recognized, however... The web / computers etc... have introduced new types of "products" in the digital realm. Non-tangible, however they are still products"and processes which should be able to be protected. Something like I mentioned above, with some sort of software patent.