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Microsoft Emotiflag Patent

Posted on : 27-07-2009 | By : Sarah | In : News, Patents

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Microsoft managed to land a patent grant for emotiflags this past week despite well-known prior usage.  The IP team member at Microsoft who received the Notice of Allowance sent a blast email including a  :)

Lotus notes users, however, responded to the news with a  :(

Although it sounds like a parody of the likes of Despair.com, this patent news is actually a real occurrence.  One can’t be sure what the USTPO was emoting at the time of allowance.

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Comments (1)

Chris said on 27-07-2009

That’s just ridiculous. ;)

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