[Gllug] Microsoft announces deals with Lynux !

[John G Walker]

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 17:35:46 +0000 "Aaron Trevena"
<aaron.trevena at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes - in actual fact you can patent ANY idea in the United States and
> Japan, without exception, in fact it doesn't even have to be novel or
> unique - the USPTO pretty much rubber stamp anything (I think it's
> less than 5 hours to assess a patent).

Okay. So I think I'll patent a method for ensuring that every longitude
on a planet gets an equal share of sunlight. Then I can claim royalties
for the rotation of the Earth. This should keep me pretty well set-up
in my old age. :)

Are they this daft? Probably,

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 All the best,
 John
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