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Re: [News] Microsoft Sued Over Document Patent

In article <1728387.hK3sOqf1cz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

>> A Canadian company has filed suit against Microsoft Corp.,
>> claiming the world's biggest software maker has infringed on
>> its patent related to manipulating documents.

So basically they have patented the patent filing system.

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/6_473021

Does anyone seriously doubt the the US patent system us seriously defective. How by any logical criteria can the following be patented.

'<some_label uid='1234'>
<other_label>Title</other_label>
<numeric_label>100</numeric_label> 
<other_numeric_label>A-130</other_numeric_label>
<currency='US'>$99.00 </currency></some_label>'

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