IP: Patent Absurdity

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

From: "Bob Webster" <bob@upperspace.com>
To: "dave@farber.net" <dave@farber.net>
Subject: More Junkmail from Bob!

> Patent Absurdity
>
> It's been literally days since I've done any serious whining and 
> complaining about stupid software patents. I'd like to remedy that right 
> here and now. Stupid software patents keep on coming. The U.S. Patent and 
> Trademark Office, in its infinite wisdom, has given out a patent for 
> something as simple as an electronic greeting card. This is something that 
> anybody with a little programming knowledge can turn out in less than a 
> day. It's simple, obvious, and not very original.
>
>         http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=2701&width=1024
>
> To further the cause, the USPTO gave an unusually general patent to a 
> Canadian company who is now claiming that the RDF web standard 
> (http://www.w3.org/RDF) is infringing on their monetary liberty.
>
>         http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8351560.html?tag=lthd
>
> Here's some more on recent software patents.
>
>         http://slashdot.org/search.pl?topic=155

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