This story about Amazon.com losing a patent fight…

the one right here

…reminds me how much I hate web-based patents.

NOTHING on the web should be patentable.

Should you be able to protect specific intellectual property? Yes.

Should you be able to patent the mere idea of a drop down menu or launching a music file by clicking on it?

No.

1 comment October 18th, 2007


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