[x]Blackmoor Vituperative

Monday, 2006-06-19

Microsoft loses appeal in Office patent spat

Filed under: Intellectual Property,Software — bblackmoor @ 13:57

More evidence of the absurdity of intellectual property law in the USA (specifically software patents, this time):

Microsoft loses appeal in Office patent spat

I’m all for the “little guy” standing up to Goliath. Nonetheless, software patents are an inherently bad idea. The sooner we rid ourselves of them, the better off all of us — including Microsoft — will be.