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  1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Aug-2018 13:20:04 EDT Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Frontier Foundation

    Hey Google: Patenting an algorithm that's in the public domain by applying it to a specific application is not just a misuse of the patent system, it's overriding an inventor who made his work available for all to use. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/after-patent-office-rejection-it-time-google-abandon-its-attempt-patent-use-public

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      After Patent Office Rejection, It is Time For Google To Abandon Its Attempt to Patent Use of Public Domain Algorithm
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      At EFF, we often criticize software patents that claim small variations on known techniques. These include a patent on updating software over the Internet, a patent on out-of-office email, and a patent on storing data in a database. Now, Google is trying to patent the use of a known data...
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