Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Jason Clifford
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <9evav6.it.ln@grapefruit.ndirect.co.uk>, Mark Evans
<mark@grapefruit.ndirect.co.uk> writes
>> (1) Most such patents are invalid as they refer to a generic or pre-
>> existing item.
>
>Which makes one wonder what patent offices are up to :)

The patent offices are staffed by clerks and administrators. They are
not technically competant to know whether a given technical patent is
valid or not. 

They do not even check to see if the prospective patent is for something
already in the public domain known to be owned by someone else -
remember the Linux trademark?
-- 
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
htp://definite.ukpost.com/

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From: Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/06
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