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Originally posted by myneid
i think its just that like 5-7 years ago a series of very generic patents were allowed because of people not really knowing anything about technology. and so these broad patents are being now bought out by large companies who are suing people against a generic concept. its like a patent for a link that has another link on it, so they sue all chain manufacturers.
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lol, that's pretty much it.
on a side note, anybody remember when the DOJ or whatever went after microsoft for copyrighting 'windows'? they tried to take the name away, but apparently failed.