• ryathal
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    11 hours ago

    We are still suffering the effects of bad software patents. Tons of garbage patents were granted in the form of “common everyday thing, but on a computer.” A notable one was the digital shopping cart that was eventually invalidated.

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      10 hours ago

      There are no good software patents. The concept should be abolished.

    • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      I believe Microsoft has a patent for launching different functions if a button is double clicked versus a single click.