[OT] Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Sun, 2014-08-31 at 22:01 -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
wrote:
> On 8/31/2014 8:26 PM, Kajal Sinha wrote:
> > Walter, will it really become a threat for D?
> 
> I have no idea.

There is a patent on multiply linked lists (cf.
http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7028023) but I am fairly sure it
hasn't been asserted against anyone as yet.

The US patent system is, in this regard, a complete shambles. It is so
sad the US government is intent on imposing the same system on the rest
of the world :-(

I guess it must be a "keep patent lawyers in work" scheme. 

-- 
Russel.
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