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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by __jal on Monday May 01, 2017 @07:31PM (#14242726)
Right, it was only after the patent office was invented that people started inventing things. Before that, nothing of consequence was created by humanity.
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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by bogositosius on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @03:00AM (#14244482)
Isn't it odd that they were able to invent the patent office without an already existing patent office? Quite a miracle.
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