Thornburg - Slashdot User

Submission + - Ask Patents shoots down Microsoft in 15 minutes (joelonsoftware.com)

Submitted by Thornburg on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @07:42AM

Thornburg writes: Joel On Software has a story about how he found and submitted prior art for a Microsoft patent listed on Ask Patents in 15 minutes. The patent was rejected based largely on the document he submitted.
I found it on Techmeme.

Submission + - Free Font Helps People with Dyslexia (dailytech.com)

Submitted by Thornburg on Friday September 28, 2012 @09:42AM

Thornburg writes: There is a free font available which has been designed to make it easier for people with dyslexia to read. DailyTech has a piece which pulls together a BBC interview and blog postings by the designer, Abelardo Gonzalez, who received a C&D letter from another font designer who charges $69 for his dyslexia related font.

Submission + - Patent Troll Lodsys attacks small devs (macrumors.com)

Submitted by Thornburg on Friday May 13, 2011 @10:12AM

Thornburg writes: spotted this story over at MacRumors: It appears Lodsys is sending threatening letters to small app developers that use in-app upgrade buttons.

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