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On Friday, July 11, 2003 at 14:41
Russell McOrmond <discuss@digital-copyright.ca> wrote:
,,,
> <http://www.flora.ca/patent2003/>.  This is a followup of the assertion
> that it is far better as a point of public policy to deny questionable
> patents and refer them to the courts than to grant them and pass the
> considerable costs of this patent inflation onto the public.

Ah, but then the patent office would have legal expenses...

tOM

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