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acqq on March 21, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft won't stop forcing companies to pay for ...

You know why MSFT enforces its patents? Because the patents are valid. The US approved and likes such patents.

Software patents in the form the US does them didn't exist in Europe, but see this (hint: the US again):

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//...

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