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IBM tries to patent the patent

Postby Pu7o » Sat 08 Jan, 2011 4:43 am

From here, IBM tries to patent the act of patenting something. Ridiculous, much?
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Re: IBM tries to patent the patent

Postby Antony » Sat 08 Jan, 2011 6:34 am

Pu7o wrote:Ridiculous, much?

These days, you have to protect yourself or figure out ways to make money by suing other companies.
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Re: IBM tries to patent the patent

Postby Don_HH2K » Sat 08 Jan, 2011 11:50 pm

I believe IBM also has a patent on how restaurants work, among other things.
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