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At 12:36 PM 8/28/97 +0300, Narvi wrote:
>> Yes, but how hard is it to convince the patent office that you
>> are the original author?  Original authorship is not something
>> that can be proved absolutely, it can only be positively
>> disproved.
>
>By calling lots of people who have done things like this in ages before
>that company probably ever existed yet alone submitted a patent?

On an slightly related note, does anyone know the status of the Linux
trademark dispute?

K.S.