Submission + - IBM Ditches Outsourcing Patent (sutor.com)
Xenographic writes: "IBM has dropped their controversial outsourcing patent, both withdrawing the application and placing it into the public domain. Apparently, it was filed eight months before they implemented more stringent reviews of their patent applications so as to avoid filing for obvious patents, especially business method patents. The notice also says that they would like to thank the community (presumably Slashdot) for bringing it to their attention."