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juiceandjuice
on Aug 3, 2011
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When patents attack Android
Even more ironic: Stanford got a significant amount of shares from Google for allowing Google exclusive license.
Also, it is a mathematical algorithm in every sense of the word. A lot of patents aren't.
davorak
on Aug 3, 2011
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As far as I can tell all software patents are patents on math. Here is one example of a software patent reduced to mathematics and logic the extends it to all software patents:
http://paulspontifications.blogspot.com/2011/04/patent-58931...
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Also, it is a mathematical algorithm in every sense of the word. A lot of patents aren't.