05 Oct 2004
Kodak wins Java patent suit

This has to go in the file, even though it's almost certain to be shot down on appeal. It's really is an outrage, and a textbook example of how the system's broken.

The case has outraged some opponents of software patents, who claim it is a textbook example of why software should not be patentable.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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