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I'd apply it to sandwiches. Imagine if every sandwich shop had to pay the Earl of Sandwich $1 for every sandwich they sold (and then had to pass that cost on to the consumer in the form of higher prices). Then EoS sues McDonalds, as a hamburger is actually a hamburger sandwich, and since he's getting $1 a sandwich from Akbar's Gas n' Munch on 135th Street, he's suing McDonalds for $100 billion.

But the guy who patented combining cheese and meat is suing McDonalds. And so is the guy who patented the extending sandwich flavor by adding condiments. And so is the guy who patented the idea of conveying french fries to customers in a cardboard container. And so is the guy who patented a method of conveying liquid from a distributing nozzle to the customer by means of a cyllindrical shaped device open at only one end (i.e. a freakin' CUP). And yes, the cup, and mayonnaise, and cheeseburgers, and fries in a cardboard carton all seem like obvious inventions with lots of prior art. But we've seen such silliness get through the patent office in America.

Don't think the government is going to put the money in place to keep some overworked, underpaid patent examiner from approving a patent on cheeseburgers! And once the patent is granted, getting it revoked or dismissed is so expensive that every little burger stand will pay the guy who got the cheeseburger patent $10,000 a year because they don't have the $10,000,000 to fund the challenge.

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"Θεωρώ εξαιρετικά θετική την απόφαση του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου να απορρίψει με συντριπτική πλειοψηφία την πρόταση Οδηγίας για τις πατέντες λογισμικού.Αυτή η απόφαση ήλθε μετά την άρνηση της Επιτροπής και του Συμβουλίου να επανα-εκκινήσουν την νομοθετική διαδικασία στη βάση των παρατηρήσεων του Κοινοβουλίου. Την άρνηση δηλαδή κατ' ουσίαν να λάβουν υπ' όψιν την άποψη των Ευρωπαίων πολιτών για την ανάγκη προώθησης ανοιχτών προτύπων και λογισμικού ανοικτού κώδικα",τα παραπάνω δήλωσε ο Χρίστος Βερελής.

Πηγή: https://www.pasok.gr/portal/gr/63/23693/7/7/1/showdoc2.html

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