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[FYI] IBM breaks record for US patents
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- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 19:47:41 +0200
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IBM breaks record for US patents
By Tom Foremski in San Francisco
International Business Machines was awarded a record number of US
patents last year, many in the increasingly litigious sectors of
software and business processes.
[...]
The US Patent Office has seen the number of patent applications
covering software and business processes mushroom in recent years.
This has resulted in several disputes between US internet commerce
companies over the ownership of e-commerce processes.
[...]
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