Microsoft patents an apple

Microsoft, amid an IP spree that has won the company patent protection for everything from XML dialects to video game storage methods, mistakenly received a patent on Tuesday for a new variety of apple tree. —Microsoft patents an apple (ZD Net)

Hooray for ZDNet for not using the alarmist headline, “Microsoft Receives Patent for Apple”. This is apparently a story about a clerical error.

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