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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Laukev7 on 23 June 2004, 23:07

Title: Yet another Microsoft patent
Post by: Laukev7 on 23 June 2004, 23:07
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/23/1513218.shtml?tid=126&tid=155&tid=99 (http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/23/1513218.shtml?tid=126&tid=155&tid=99)

Next thing you'll hear they're going to patent the human body.
Title: Yet another Microsoft patent
Post by: solarismka on 24 June 2004, 00:30
quote:
Originally posted by Laukev7:
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/23/1513218.shtml?tid=126&tid=155&tid=99 (http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/23/1513218.shtml?tid=126&tid=155&tid=99)

Next thing you'll hear they're going to patent the human body.


Hay, man don't give em any ideas!  They just might!  :D
Title: Yet another Microsoft patent
Post by: Laukev7 on 2 July 2004, 15:50
Now they patent group buttons. Wasn't that ripped off from KDE?   :rolleyes:  

http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/02/0027244.shtml?tid=109&tid=155&tid=185&tid=187&tid=190&tid=201&tid=99 (http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/02/0027244.shtml?tid=109&tid=155&tid=185&tid=187&tid=190&tid=201&tid=99)

[ July 02, 2004: Message edited by: Laukev7 ]

Title: Yet another Microsoft patent
Post by: zolo on 2 July 2004, 17:27
Slightly off topic..

Aparently Harley Davidson have a patent on the noise their motorcylces make.

I think I must have fallen into Wonderland somehow   :confused:  

zooloo
Title: Yet another Microsoft patent
Post by: mobrien_12 on 2 July 2004, 22:05
quote:
Originally posted by zolo:
Slightly off topic..

Aparently Harley Davidson have a patent on the noise their motorcylces make.

I think I must have fallen into Wonderland somehow    :confused:  

zooloo


No I think you have your facts mixed up.  

Harley Davidson tried to Copyyright the sound of their motorcycles.  They didn't get away with it.
Title: Yet another Microsoft patent
Post by: WMD on 2 July 2004, 23:25
quote:
Originally posted by Laukev7:
Now they patent group buttons. Wasn't that ripped off from KDE?    :rolleyes:


It was introduced in KDE 2.2, released 9/2001 (before XP).  Microsoft filed for the patent in 2000.  According to a Slashdot poster, BeOS had this in 1999.