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This would all be pertinent if the software patents in question were actually novel inventions worthy of protection. One of the patents is for a "method for dy
by cynicalkane 14y ago
This would all be pertinent if the software patents in question were actually novel inventions worthy of protection.
One of the patents is for a "method for dynamically redefining the keys on a keyboard". I mean, come on.
- swalsh 14y agoThe key is, was that novel when the patent was first filed?
- blahedo 14y agoGiven that xmodmap has been around since the 80s, probably not.
- sp332 14y agoAre you seriously judging a patent by its title? This patent requires a touchscreen and a context-sensitive memory with strings of text. It's not just a keyboard mapper. http://www.google.com/patents/US5920303?hl=en http://www.google.com/patents/US5920303?hl=en