All your bots are belong to us.
From Slashdot:
"The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted an all-encompassing patent to ActiveBuddy that covers every step of IM botmaking technology. According to internetnews, ActiveBuddy now plans to enforce the patent, even though the existence of prior art is well-known and documented."
I'll keep you posted the first time someone sends me an email to stop distributing my ManyAgent and AmazAgent...
-Russ