[Free-sklyarov-uk] Microsoft patents DRM OS

[David Haworth]

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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 01:40:16AM +0000, Edward Welbourne wrote:
> hmm ... surely `that which is mandated by law' cannot be `non-obvious'
> so cannot possibly be defensible as patentable ?

Well, only if it was patented before the law turned up.

> I'm being naive again, aren't I ?

Maybe, but there isn't a scrap of non-obviousness in the entire
patent. But that's about par for the USPTO. :-(

Dave

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David Haworth
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david.haworth at altavista.net

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