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# slef-reflections, Year 6, continued
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### Annoying Judge Resurrects Software Patents in the UK
##### Posted by mjr 2008-03-23 (permalink)
Programs themselves cannot be patented. They're explanations of mathematical
relationships, not inventions.
[Paul Russell mentioned this ruling to
me](http://likesomuch.blogspot.com/2008/03/oh-joy-high-court-rewrites-uk-
software.html) and [Alex Hudson mentioned it to fsfe-
uk.](http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.fsf.uk/5454) There's been [some BBC
coverage](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7307375.stm) and [very silly
coverage in Computing](http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2212353
/symbian-wins-software-patent) which summarises it as as
> "Symbian's win could benefit UK software makers"
You what? Shouldn't we be enabling other UK companies to compete in a free
market with Symbian, which is a consortium of foreign companies after all,
instead of granting Symbian a monopoly here? ***fume***
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### UEA rebrands itself as IE+1
##### Posted by mjr 2008-03-04 (permalink)
![UEA, maybe](http://mjr.towers.org.uk/blog/2008/newuea.jpg)
I was a bit surprised when a letter from UEA arrived with a new logo on it. It
looks like someone turned up the brightness until the thin parts of the
letters started to vanish. IE+1? What's that then?
There's confirmation on [UEA's wikipedia
page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_East_Anglia#Corporate_identity)
which includes the above logo. Ironically, the letter I got looks like it
doesn't conform to the linked guidelines.
I think this change weakens UEA's links with its alumni a bit, don't you? The
old logo was everywhere while I was there. I'm going to miss the square logo
with rounded reflex blue letters. Maybe I should stock up on UEA mugs,
although [a gold-on-blue UEA mug](https://www.ueastudent.com/cgi-
bin/merchandise/00217.html?id=3waBdUyA) looks a bit wrong.
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