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Yes, that is the point

Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 20 2012 @ 03:39 PM EDT

"A machine that does not warrant a patent without a piece of software
cannot warrant a patent with the software because it is still the same
machine."

Again, you can take that position if you like, but it is the position of a
smarmy lawyer.

At the factory, the machine with the software has a different parts list and a
different cost (accounting at least for the time it takes to install the
software, even if the software was generously donated by one of you).
Accordingly, it has a different model number and a different price. You can buy
one or the other, but you have to specify which otherwise you will be charged
too much or you will receive a machine that does not do what you expect it to
do.

The machines are different.

Surely you can place one of each in respective black boxes and present inputs
and get different outputs...you must conclude that the content of the boxes is
different.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Yes, that is the point - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 20 2012 @ 05:27 PM EDT
- Yes, that is the point - Authored by: Wol on Saturday, July 21 2012 @ 02:15 PM EDT
Yes, that is the point - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 07:05 AM EDT
Yes, that is the point - Authored by: PJ on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 07:20 AM EDT
- You continue to misrepresent the truth - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 04:27 PM EDT
  - You cannot possibly have a conversation on the topic - Authored by: myNym on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 04:44 PM EDT
- these changes do not make a new machine - Authored by: nsomos on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 04:58 PM EDT

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