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What Good Does It Do Anyone To Patent Video Game Features?
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| A bunch of folks keep submitting various versions of this story about how
| Microsoft has apparently received a patent on join-leave in split-screen
| multiplayer games. We see so many of these sorts of stories these days, it's
| getting a bit tiresome to talk about them, but no less disappointing.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090722/1940535624.shtml
Microsoft never patented a butt clamp
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| The problem was fixed and the patent is now owned by Kawneer. Sadly Microsoft
| never actually owned the rights to the butt clamp and has missed out on the
| licensing rights.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1468999/microsoft-patented-butt-clamp
Recent:
Why would Microsoft patent a 'butt hinge with butt straps'?
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| You can look for yourself in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database:
| Patent No. 5,819,372; inventor: Robert D. Magoon, Duluth, Ga.; assignee:
| Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash.
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| I asked Microsoft's public relations department at the time but they were
| unable to assist.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43636
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