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Microsoft Copies Idea, Admits It, Then Patents It 333

An anonymous reader writes "BlueJ is a popular academic IDE which lets students have a visual programming interface. Microsoft copied the design in their 'Object Test Bench' feature in Visual Studio 2005 and even admitted it. Now, a patent application has come to light which patents the very same feature, blatantly ignoring prior art."
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Microsoft Copies Idea, Admits It, Then Patents It

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