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Re: [News] Microsoft Deal That Never Was and More Patent Trolling

  • Subject: Re: [News] Microsoft Deal That Never Was and More Patent Trolling
  • From: "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:31:31 +0100
  • In-reply-to: <1300996.jYBTWOxj8o@schestowitz.com>
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Slated.org
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Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Medis Tech Sued Over Microsoft Deal
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | A lawsuit charges Medis Technologies Ltd. and its officers of false
> | and misleading statements over a sale of portable gadget chargers
> | based on fuel cells to Microsoft Corp.
> `----
> 
> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070423/medis_tech_lawsuit.html?.v=1
> 
> HP sues Acer again over patents
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | HP claims to hold more than 6,000 patents related to PC
> | technology, "including power management, DVD editing and a broad
> | range of other features that improve computer efficiency and
> | enhance the user's computer experience."
> `----
> 
> http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-6178354.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
> http://tinyurl.com/2j4gdm
> 
> "portable computer systems that conserve power by altering the performance of
> the video graphics controller depending on the system's power source or
> battery condition."
> 
> "concurrent bus operations to increase computer efficiency"
> 
> These are patentable!?!?!?!?!

A pimple on George Bush's arse is probably patentable ... in the land of
the free and the home of the brave.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

.----
| I found [Vista] to be a dangerously unstable operating system,
| which has caused me to lose data ... unfortunately this product
| is unfit for any user. - [H]ardOCP, <http://tinyurl.com/3bpfs2>
`----

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