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Questions about the history of the patent system or the histories of specific patents.

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Was there a landmark controversial software patent of a trivial idea before the "XOR flashin...

Currently the majority of bad press about trivial software patents is all centred around Apple and other smartphone industry players. A few years ago it was the Amazon "1-click" patent everybody was …
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