c: Microsoft> patent idea=commandline

from the fun-with-patents dept

theodp writes "EFF attorney Jason Schultz and his blog readers take a look at Microsoft's latest patent application for Processing input from a command line interface and conclude that they've seen this 'invention' used somewhere else before. "

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    New Patent Bounty Idea

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    Oliver Wendell Jones, Nov 1st, 2004 @ 8:13am

    Of course this will never work, but...

    For every non-sensical patent submitted (as determined by the reviewing body) you have to give up one valid patent chosen randomly *and* you lose the right to submit any additional patents for a period of six months.

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