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Story: Microsoft defeat stirs patent concerns

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Now hold on! either your article writer missunderstood the intellectual property definition in question or this is an extreme miscarriage of judgement. As stated, This patent holder(unsure if the patent was issued) claims to be the purveyor of an original idea that has become commodity for any current web browser. Now the way I see it, this idea of integrating a feature into a product and then finding out you don't have a product available to you(Someone else makes the product). There for, your idea doesn't mean squat and it will never be anything unless you take the initiative to see your idea through to it fruition. this requires planning.
A.) Did you seek to aquire venture capital(or use your personal fortune) to create a business for your idea?

B.) Did you knock on doors and try to actively sell your idea(IP) to someone who's product could benefit from the capabilities and features your idea would bring and in return compensate you in good faith?

If you didn't do any of these, then you are unworthy of being rewarded for your idea that somehow become a commodity. And in my opinion this idea of yours doesn't sound like much of an idea at all. Java, which every web browser has capabilities for is essentially on operating system within a browser. Now what operating system in existence promotes it inability to be expanded on??? after all, isn't any program considered to be a plugin to the operating system. Your idea doesn't sound so original now

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