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Microsoft Receives XML Patent
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/12/2349232

    gsfprez writes "Well, i'm no patent lawyer, but if [0] I'm reading
this
    right, it seems that the basics of XML are being patented by
Microsoft.
    If not the files themselves - at least what most of us would do with
    XML files. From the abstract: 'Systems, methods and data structures
for
    encompassing scripts written in one or more scripting languages in a
    single file.' That smacks of what my config files do on my G5 for my
    G5, if you read it with a biased eye." We [1]noted this was
happening
    earlier, and now it's finally come to pass. While the patent does
sound
    a bit dubious, a [2]Microsoft spokesman was quick to deny that
they'd
    be so bold as to patent XML itself. 
Links
    0.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=9&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=ptxt&S1=Microsoft.ASNM.&OS=AN/Microsoft&RS=AN/Microsoft
    1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/23/2323237&tid=155
    2. http://internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3312091