Guardian UK: Visual Evidence of Silly Tech Patents

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The lede for the story -- Microsoft is suing Motorola over its use of Android on cell phone because the OS supposedly infringes on patents that Microsoft holds for things like "email synchronization" and "scheduling meetings." Really? I know we've got to keep these lawyers busy -- especially in a down economy -- but the idea that Microsoft somehow came up with the patentable idea of scheduling meetings might mean we could also use a little look-sie at the way modern patents are handled and granted. (Not that I’m the first to observe such...)