Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> * Gordon fired off this tart reply:
>
>> "Tim Smith" <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:13mjhnripeekn83@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> On 2007-12-19, Gordon <gbplinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> That's nice. Now tell the patent offices in the EU and the member
>>> states, since they have issued, and continue to issue, software patents.
>>
>> Well I'VE never seen ANY retail boxed software with "patent no xxxxxxxx" on
>> the box. Can you provide an example?
>
> Check out the Help About in MS Word, if you can lay hands on that thing.
>
Except they're not valid in the EU. Even if the EU patent office thinks
it has granted them - it has not, because it cannot.
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