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Re:The W3C asks for help finding Prior Art to two Apple Pate... by kenjackson on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @12:17PM (#2808033)
Many, if not most, claims in SW patents are broad enough that they needn't specify if they are in SW or not. Almost any SW patent can be viewed as running entirely in HW.
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Re:The W3C asks for help finding Prior Art to two Apple Pate... by brlewis on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @12:37PM (#2808158)
Wording them so broadly only makes it more clear that they are algorithm patents.
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