[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
>
>> How could /any/ patent officer even consider these claims?
>> Football has been around for rather longer than computers.
>
> But more than just the basic concept, it's the principle that anyone
> should be allowed to create an Intellectual Monopoly based on nothing
> more than the location of pixels on a damned screen. It's utterly
> ludicrous. What kind of nutcases do they have working at the US patent
> office?
>
Ones which question nothing at all, they just do what they're told to
do.
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