Story: Microsoft frowned at for smiley patent

Story: Microsoft frowned at for smiley patent

1. That language parsing patent's only technical aspe... Trevor Simms
2. Perhaps Microsoft should apply for copyright... Dave Stover
3. Microsoft did think the internet would grow to wha... robobright
4. This is the kind of shit I want to keep out of Eur... Samuel,UK
5. Well said, Samuel,UK wasn't there somthing ab... JhonSmith
6. Microsoft is dead. Software Patents are dead. The... Still Balates
7. Screw Microsoft. Actions like these are why the te... Joey A.
8. I wondered how this differed from what a lot of op... Richard
9. The item you link to is a patent application, not... Anonymous
10. What's next? Microsoft attempts to patent fonts an... Last Angelman
11. that sort of shit gives me a microsofton! kapster
12. I think Microsoft is lacking talent, thats why the... Anonymous
13. A true technical innovation (not) At first I thoug... Anonymous
14. PRIOR ART -- what Microsoft is patenting has alrea... Randolf Richardson
15. If microsolf truly does patent this, I hope that a... Anonymous
16. ... for me just another very good reason to defina... Lothar Velling
17. Dont the patents office have some form of prosecut... Tony
18. Is it April 1 ? John Sims
19. Huh, say what? If a technique has been used "widel... Michiel NL
20. Hey, I think I'll just patent the alphabet and mak... Anonymous
21. Of course as usual the article writer and anti-M$... Jason M. Knight
22. The primary claim for the patent application... Ingrid Marson
23. The first claim must be read as a whole.... Tom Olszewski
24. The problem is the US patent laws. They are simply... Beast
25. A couple of points regarding the article post... Lonnie E. Holder
26. Another commentor stated that pharmaceutical... Lonnie E. Holder
27. I agree with Microsoft !!!! Apple sucks Anonymous
28. Microsoft can patent smilies? Oh, I forgot. Micros... Kinney
29. I think it's crazy, trying to own everything. Inte... Anonymous
30. so patent for using FONTS will be next... after al... Dustie
31. Wtf, those guys are gonna make us change the names... Adam
32. This has been up for consideration for a year and... Nik
33. Gee. I can include whatever image in whatever mes... Arthur B.
34. hahahahahahahhahahahahaahahaha omg... this will in... d34d
35. One of my forefathers invented the kiss and fart.... Ken Davies
36. SH**! I just realised that Microsoft may be able t... Ken Davies
37. Can't blame them for doing something that the gove... Peter Ritchie
38. It seems that people are continuing to miss t... Lonnie E. Holder
39. Microsoft, please please don't ty this. Yahoo use... Anonymous
40. Well back in 1968 I did create a 'Smiley Face' bad... Chris Dunne

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