Tuesday, 17. August 2010
Topic: AUSTRIA - on August 17, 2010 at 11:02:00 AM CEST
Town Gets Patent On Being the Center of Europe
And you thought software patents were going to far? How about geography patents? Apparently, as a part of the weird fight over what place in Europe represents the 'geophysical center of Europe,' the Austrian town of Frauenkirchen has received a patent (Austrian patent AM 7738/2003) declaring it the center of Europe. Not clear how one 'infringes' on such a patent, but then again, it's not clear why anyone's patenting this either.
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