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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 4:34 pm
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Originally Posted by biggestbopper
Yep, recycling will be coming real soon now.

As to the patent claims, seems to me Pez has a better claim to the idea of inventing putting something in a container before consuming it.

Or, maybe Lipton's--didn't they invent the tea bag?

And, what about mandatory patent licensing--often used to combat corporate efforts to monopolize via patent claims.

In any event, the coffee's okay--the garbage (and phony claims of soon to arrive recycling) is not.
Isn't that like having the government confiscate your private property? Isn't that why the US has been blockading Cuba for all these years? Patents are property rights and why shouldn't the owner be the only one to decide how to exercise those rights during a period protected by law? There are many other capsule systems so what's the problem?
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