Reading through the actual "patents" that Microsoft is claiming here convinces me more than ever that our whole software patent processes is FUBAR. The processes described are so generic that to claim them as something patentable goes beyond absurd into the surreal.
I desperately hope the court agrees. #ddtb
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The three patents Microsoft is hammering the Nook with—and why they may be invalid
Microsoft's complaint against the Nook has been boiled down to three patents covering methods for annotating documents, highlighting text, and downloading documents. Barnes & Noble says the pa…
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