Tech companies pile on patents, complain about clutter
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| When a Microsoft Corp. patent application for educational technology
| appeared in January, there was one problem: the idea had already
| been developed as "BlueJ" nine years earlier, and by academics
| with no connection to the software behemoth.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/tech-companies-pile-patents-complain/story.aspx?guid=%7BD8990A9C%2D2DF2%2D4893%2DA75F%2D488A6896D3EC%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/3bujne
Acer draws sting from HP's patent fury
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| Acer came out with the blandest of responses to the patent lawsuit hurled
| its way by HP yesterday. To summarise: it respects intellectual property
| and it's looking into HP's claims.
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| At the gig, Wang declared, "We don't want to be a pioneer anymore.
| Innovation should not be respected so much."
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/acer_2006_earnings/
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