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The Anatomy of a Trivial Patent |
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"Programmers are well aware that many of the software patents cover laughably obvious ideas. Yet the patent system's defenders often argue that these ideas are nontrivial, obvious only by hindsight. And it is surprisingly difficult to defeat them in debate. Why is that?
One reason is that any idea can be made look complex when analyzed to death. But another reason is that these trivial ideas often look quite complex as described in the patents themselves. The patent system's defenders can point to the complex description and say, "How can anything this complex be obvious?"
I will use an example to show you how..." |
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| | read more | score:9563 | -Ray, May 27, 2000 (Updated: November 23, 2005) |
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