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title: Patents on usability
date: "2001-09-30T12:00:00Z"
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Jakob Nielsen has a [whole bunch of patents](http://www.useit.com/jakob/publications.html) relating to Internet usability. Metafilter has an interesting [discussion](http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/10919) on whether that's a good idea.