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Re:Software patent reform just died in the House by etler on Thursday November 21, 2013 @05:56AM (#6774038)
Why is Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble on this list?
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Re:Software patent reform just died in the House by acadien on Thursday November 21, 2013 @10:13AM (#6775007)
I can only assume that these companies have subsidiaries that have software patents. They probably own manufacturing patents not to mention patents in the tech and pharmaceutical areas, many of which could be software related.
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