Patent Patent Trolling to Troll the Trolls
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I think my brain just exploded reading this inception-esque story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/02/157743897/can-you-get-a-patent-on-being-a-patent-troll[^]
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It turns out, a couple giant companies — IBM and Halliburton — have been working for years to patent what patent trolls do... Whatever the intent, if either or both company succeeds, they could sue patent trolls for infringing their patents for patent trolling.
This is beyond ridiculous...
Be The Noise
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I think my brain just exploded reading this inception-esque story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/02/157743897/can-you-get-a-patent-on-being-a-patent-troll[^]
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It turns out, a couple giant companies — IBM and Halliburton — have been working for years to patent what patent trolls do... Whatever the intent, if either or both company succeeds, they could sue patent trolls for infringing their patents for patent trolling.
This is beyond ridiculous...
Be The Noise
Can someone help me file a patent for breathing, otherwise noted as: "The process of taking air into and expelling it from the lungs, as part of a process to remove Oxygen from the air and, in return, release Carbon Dioxide." If I can get this puppy patented, whoa-ho NELLY! I'll be RICH! That or the last human in the world.
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I think my brain just exploded reading this inception-esque story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/02/157743897/can-you-get-a-patent-on-being-a-patent-troll[^]
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It turns out, a couple giant companies — IBM and Halliburton — have been working for years to patent what patent trolls do... Whatever the intent, if either or both company succeeds, they could sue patent trolls for infringing their patents for patent trolling.
This is beyond ridiculous...
Be The Noise
Means: I'll see your hand and raise you with the middle finger of my other hand ;P
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I think my brain just exploded reading this inception-esque story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/02/157743897/can-you-get-a-patent-on-being-a-patent-troll[^]
Quote:
It turns out, a couple giant companies — IBM and Halliburton — have been working for years to patent what patent trolls do... Whatever the intent, if either or both company succeeds, they could sue patent trolls for infringing their patents for patent trolling.
This is beyond ridiculous...
Be The Noise
Karl Sanford wrote:
I think my brain just exploded
If you can still think, your brain didn't explode.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I think my brain just exploded reading this inception-esque story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/02/157743897/can-you-get-a-patent-on-being-a-patent-troll[^]
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It turns out, a couple giant companies — IBM and Halliburton — have been working for years to patent what patent trolls do... Whatever the intent, if either or both company succeeds, they could sue patent trolls for infringing their patents for patent trolling.
This is beyond ridiculous...
Be The Noise
In other words only a troll calls a troll a troll if they have the patent and they are a troll?
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Can someone help me file a patent for breathing, otherwise noted as: "The process of taking air into and expelling it from the lungs, as part of a process to remove Oxygen from the air and, in return, release Carbon Dioxide." If I can get this puppy patented, whoa-ho NELLY! I'll be RICH! That or the last human in the world.
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Can someone help me file a patent for breathing, otherwise noted as: "The process of taking air into and expelling it from the lungs, as part of a process to remove Oxygen from the air and, in return, release Carbon Dioxide." If I can get this puppy patented, whoa-ho NELLY! I'll be RICH! That or the last human in the world.
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I think my brain just exploded reading this inception-esque story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/02/157743897/can-you-get-a-patent-on-being-a-patent-troll[^]
Quote:
It turns out, a couple giant companies — IBM and Halliburton — have been working for years to patent what patent trolls do... Whatever the intent, if either or both company succeeds, they could sue patent trolls for infringing their patents for patent trolling.
This is beyond ridiculous...
Be The Noise
I think it's a brilliant idea. The world will be left with only one patent troll, who has no intention of patent trolling. I'd shake the hand of the man who came up with the idea.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I think my brain just exploded reading this inception-esque story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/02/157743897/can-you-get-a-patent-on-being-a-patent-troll[^]
Quote:
It turns out, a couple giant companies — IBM and Halliburton — have been working for years to patent what patent trolls do... Whatever the intent, if either or both company succeeds, they could sue patent trolls for infringing their patents for patent trolling.
This is beyond ridiculous...
Be The Noise
IBM has obtained a patent on an algorithm (and related software) to optimally assign toilets on aircraft. Fortunately, good sense prevailed and IBM announced that they will not be enforcing the patent; not that we know of any airline using the algorithm!
