Re: Illogic

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From: Joe Buck
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 22:49

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In article <STEINARB.91May7154735@skade.idt.unit.no> steinarb@idt.unit.no (Steinar Bang) writes:
>Ah, but the mouse *is* pattented (by Doug Engelbart at SRI in 1964 (I think)).
>The work at SRI (Stanford Research Institute) predated an in many ways
>inspired the Xerox PARC project.

Ah, but patents only run for 17 years in the US; after that, the idea is
in the public domain.


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Joe Buck
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