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IP: A chuckler: Patenter of the wheel awarded (Ig) Nobel Prize from Harvard
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 05:34:45 -0400
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 16:37:24 +1100 From: Nathan Cochrane <ncochrane () theage fairfax com au> Hi DaveYou may remember this story from July, about the Melbourne attorney who was granted a patent on the wheel from the Australian patent office:http://www.interesting-people.org/200107/0007.htmlToday, Harvard University granted him an Ig Nobel Prize for his revolutionary work on the "circular transportation facilitation device".http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/10/05/FFXJ5MACFSC.htmlAlso, Australian Democrats political party alarmed at W3C proposal to include patents in future Web standards.http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/10/05/FFXHH0BCFSC.html Have a good weekend. Nathan *********************************************************************************This email and any files transmitted with it may be legally privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have received this email in error, please notify us by return email and permanently delete the document.*********************************************************************************
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