[Leaplist] FYI, evidence of realities of IP

[Steve Litt]

On Wednesday 17 January 2007 18:21, Phil Barnett wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 January 2007 12:52, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Also, as has been stated many times before, the patent office shouldn't
> > grant patents to obvious things, business processes, etc.
>
> Define "obvious".

One click ordering,  html links to name a couple. There are gray areas, but a 
lot of patents have been awarded waaaaay into the obvious zone.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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