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posted by Ron Bieber on 07.23.05 @ 10:31 am | | Digg This

Hasn’t the patent been approved?

So what happens when Microsoft gets the patent. Do other IMs need to pay tribute to Microsoft for using emoticons in their software?

By JxT2J on 07.24.05 7:45 am

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