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How Apple Can Fight the iPhone Browser Lawsuit

Ya know, when I first heard about this fiasco, I read through the EMG patent and I stopped about halfway through the claims. Don't those hacks realise that XML is the root language of XHTML, RSS, to name but a few; and is an OPEN SOURCE, FEE-FREE OPEN STANDARD? And one of its intended implementations was and is to transition web-based content to mobile devices?

Ergo, this patent, on its face, is absurd, because ya can't patent an open source tool. Were this patent to prevail, it would completely shut down the Internet on any mobile device, regardless of how one chooses to navigate the XML-"page" on a mobile device.

This one is as ridiculous as a patent on the human genome, which essentially says that a pharmaceutical company owns my genes. Screw that!

Patent trolls are a boil on the rump of innovation. Let's hope that the new administration gets out a lance and some strong antiseptic; and those good ole shit kickers in East Texas find a new way to fill their dockets and line their pockets.