Mike, this story is bogus. It goes back to a dubious edit on the German Wikipedia. The word "patent" was later added by the English Wikipedia editor.
It's really just a trademark on the term "Center of Europe". This little "fact" about the patent has since been repeated a couple of times on the net. Thanks to your post, it will now live on forever. ;-)
Moderate your language! You seem to be listening too much to "the violent, profane, misogynistic, and racist music that the RIAA and its controlled member companies monopolize." (paragraph 5.36 of the complaint) ;-)
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It's really just a trademark on the term "Center of Europe". This little "fact" about the patent has since been repeated a couple of times on the net. Thanks to your post, it will now live on forever. ;-)
I did some research to find out where it can be traced back: http://realmike.org/blog/2010/08/16/patenting-the-geophysical-center-of-europe/
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