If you haven\'t heard about the new patent, click [url=\"http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39210396,00.htm\"][u]here[/u][/url].
If you already have heard about the new patent, click [url=\"http://www.petitiononline.com/f5923j49/petition.html\"][u]here[/u][/url].
Thanks for your co-operation,
-Dren T. Martin
Stop Microsoft's Patent on Emoticons
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Stop Microsoft's Patent on Emoticons
Interesting that everyone raises 
/censored.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(cens)\' /> about this, but no one bothered to say anything when America Online began the process to patent the terms \'IM\' and \'Instant Messaging\".
Plus, since it was filed over a year and a half ago, it\'s not exactly new news, and likely at this point a petition will do nothing more than give their lawyers something good to laugh at.
Plus, since it was filed over a year and a half ago, it\'s not exactly new news, and likely at this point a petition will do nothing more than give their lawyers something good to laugh at.
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