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Offline Nemesis

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Do you have a license for that smiley?
« on: July 23, 2005, 09:01:43 am »
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A software patent filed by Microsoft in the US has been described as 'very dangerous'

Various organisations have criticised Microsoft for attempting to patent the creation of custom emoticons.

The patent, which was published by the US patent office on Thursday, covers selecting pixels to create an emoticon image, assigning a character sequence to these pixels and reconstructing the emoticon after transmission.
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Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2005, 09:11:21 am »
Holy "Engulf and Devour Inc." Batman!  :o

This is consistent with Microsoft's history of absorbing pre-proven technology, but a little over the top this time.

I'm confident the application will be rejected.
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Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2005, 09:24:08 am »
Too many lawyers with too little to do.
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Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2005, 09:50:23 am »
« Last Edit: July 23, 2005, 09:40:14 pm by std::toasty0 »
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Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2005, 12:01:21 pm »
Quote from: std::toasty0 on July 23, 2005, 09:50:23 am
Here is the Full Patent Application


Fixed your link.  Your 2nd ] was a [ instead.
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Re: Do you have a license for that smiley?
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2005, 09:40:41 pm »
Thanks...fixed it in my post too.
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