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		garbowza on Jan 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM Patents Half-day Out of Office Notifications Incorrect. Only what is specifically claimed (in the claims themselves) holds up in court.

lucisferre on Jan 11, 2012 [–]

The key requirement in that is going to court.

saulrh on Jan 11, 2012 | [–]

Exactly - no matter now badwrong the patent, it still takes time and money to go to court, and the kind of people that IBM will be using this patent against don't have that time or that money.

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