Patenting punctuation

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The Eternal Appeal of Punctuation

The Eternal Appeal of Punctuation 12/19/2003 11:35 AM
Punk-Tuation: Is It The New Anarchy Or Boring Old Fascism All Over Again? How anal serious about apostrophes are you? Just how far would you go for a perfect semi-colon? Do you regularly reach for heart pills before you read MetaFilter? Take comfort in this: Lynne Trusse's wildly popular Eats Shoots And Leaves is this year's surprise bestseller in Britain. And I've limited myself to the MeFi-adored Guardian, just to make my (as it were) point. So... how important is punctuation to you? My own suspicion is that punctuation is the new spelling. It is important. (And, lest this seem carefree and frivolous, let me confess right away that MetaFilter may well be the worst offender, in this regard, ever to have blessedly existed.)

Writes, Punctuation Book and Finds It's
a Best Seller

Writes, Punctuation Book and Finds It's
a Best Seller 01/06/2004 06:48 AM
Rivals Punk'd By Punct Writer .. NYTimes Has The Story

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Punctuation vigilante heads stateside
(Reuters)

Punctuation vigilante heads stateside
(Reuters) 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - In the land of Shakespeare, punctuation faced extinction until writer Lynne Truss came to the rescue with a clutch of carefully placed commas and colons.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero
Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero
Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 04/13/2004 06:16 PM
My friend Brian mentioned "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" as something that ought to be just my cup of tea--my cup being an afternoon meandering The Chicago Manual of Style, that is.

A panda walked into a cafe. He ordered a sandwich, ate it, then pulled out a gun and shot the waiter. 'Why?' groaned the injured man. The panda shrugged, tossed him a badly punctuated wildlife manual and walked out. And sure enough, when the waiter consulted the book, he found an explanation. 'Panda,' ran the entry for his assailant. 'Large black and white mammal native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.'

There's examples galore of wounded, contortion's of English grammer, assaulting the sense's of those with weaker stomach's for such grammatic assaults as me. And don't get me started on spurious punctuation--I've "NO CHECKS" PLEASE signs and the like to put you off your dinner. I could go on, excetera, excetera, but I got to run if I'm to make the Starbucks' in time for a quick expresso before closing.

Patenting the Web

Patenting the Web 12/08/2003 03:27 AM

This site shows just how many patents apply to a typical video shop website.

Patenting the Internet

Patenting the Internet 04/01/2005 08:52 AM
Information Today Apr 1 2005 12:03PM GMT

Patenting Genes

Patenting Genes 05/21/2004 01:07 PM
Monsanto Wins Fight to Control Plant The Canadian Supreme court sets international precedent by ruling that since Monsanto holds a patent on a gene, it can control the use of the plant. So does this mean that in the future that an engineered human gene could be patented, and therefore if you receive this gene you will have to make royalty payments? And if you renege on paying can they repo the gene?

Patenting Research Tools

Patenting Research Tools 08/27/2004 01:58 PM
Doug Lichtman, a very able IP professor at the University of Chicago Law School, took sharp issue with my brief note on patent fair use, emailing me that my "quick reference to patent fair use...is problematic for the simple reason that, often, the key market for research tools is to...

On Stob and patenting numbers

On Stob and patenting numbers 12/05/2003 09:07 AM
Letters Hold the front page

Microsoft on Patenting XML Formats

Microsoft on Patenting XML Formats 01/27/2004 11:30 AM
I recently asked whether Microsoft's moves to patent the XML formats it's using in new versions of Office were, once again, a customer lock-in ploy. Here's a (slightely edited) reply from Mark Martin, who's employed by the Microsoft's PR company:

"Patenting Air or Protecting Property?"

"Patenting Air or Protecting Property?" 12/16/2003 03:14 AM

Democracy and the software patenting
debate

Democracy and the software patenting
debate 06/07/2004 12:16 PM
Opinion Have your say on 10 June

Microsoft Patenting Office XML Formats

Microsoft Patenting Office XML Formats 01/24/2004 07:06 AM
Slashdot Jan 24 2004 10:14AM GMT

Microsoft patenting new Office XML
format

Microsoft patenting new Office XML
format 01/26/2004 12:44 PM
Microsoft is attracting renewed attention with its XML strategy as reports surface that Microsoft is applying for patents in the EU and New Zealand that detail how other applications can/should interoperate with MS Office XML formats.

It's patently clear: EU now leaning
toward software patenting

It's patently clear: EU now leaning
toward software patenting 05/19/2004 02:46 AM
The European Union (EU) took a big step Tuesday in a relentless march toward software patenting.

Amazon feels pointy end of software
patenting

Amazon feels pointy end of software
patenting 09/15/2004 05:53 AM
BTG sues others, too

Slow patenting process threatens
innovation

Slow patenting process threatens
innovation 04/04/2005 06:46 AM
The Star Online Apr 4 2005 10:43AM GMT

Showdown looms over patenting bill
(Reuters)

Showdown looms over patenting bill
(Reuters) 06/17/2005 04:35 PM
Reuters - EU lawmakers are heading for a showdown over new rules on patenting inventions as a key vote next week may struggle to find a consensus, an outcome seen favoring big software developers.

Patenting Air or Protecting Property?
Information Age Invents a New Problem

Patenting Air or Protecting Property?
Information Age Invents a New Problem 12/12/2003 06:52 AM
Porn v. Patent

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