[Fsfe-uk] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales - UK relation?

[MJ Ray]

Via Debian-uk, Harry Rickards, Sussex LUG, Andrew Guard and BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/8197990.stm
Judge bans Microsoft Word sales

Of course, it's being appealed on the grounds that the patent
is invalid and that Word doesn't infringe, but some are suggesting
it will show to the world just how flawed software patents are.
Which way do you think it will go?

The UK is probably the legal system most similar to the US.  Are
there lessons for us, or is our patent law sufficiently different?

Hope you're all having fun,
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