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Making

Authored by: bugstomper on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 09:20 PM EDT

The claims talk about a method for, a computer system configured to, and a
computer memory containing instructions to.

Google produces source code. They don't make anything that does the method, then
don't produce a computer system configured to run the program, they don't supply
computer memory loaded with the instructions that run the method.

They provide source code that can be used to make all of the above. Perhaps that
goes to indirect infringement, but hasn't indirect infringement been dropped
from the case if direct infringement cannot be proven?

That said, I will be very surprised if all makers of free source code are let
off the patent hook this way.

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Making - Authored by: Christian on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 09:48 PM EDT
- Making - Authored by: Ian Al on Friday, May 18 2012 @ 10:49 AM EDT
Making - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 18 2012 @ 03:08 PM EDT
- Making - Authored by: Ian Al on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 03:34 AM EDT

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