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- From: a7657@mindlink.bc.ca (Stephen H. Kawamoto)
- Subject: Re: The PGP debate: Is it legal?
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:39:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <19003@mindlink.bc.ca>
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- Phil K. mentioned in an aside:
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- PK> I've heard of at least one patent attorney who has been
- PK> known to explain the difference between an "algorithm"
- PK> (which is not patentable) and a "method" (which is) as
- PK> follows:
- PK>
- PK> "There's a vital difference. 'Algorithm' begins with an 'A'
- PK> while 'Method' begins with an 'M'."
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- Ah! Now, what's the patent attorney's explanation in Legalese?
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