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Re: LOL@ conspiracy theorists :D
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Sun, 23 October 2005 04:25
 
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to prove how flawed the US patent system is some folks have managed to:
-patent a method of making peanut-butter-and-jam sandwiches
-patent a wheel
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And to prove that the system is run by complete idiots, some greedy quasi-scientist managed to patent:
... a system for a "method of compensating a manager" that involved several steps of calculating a proper compensation based on performance criteria and then transferring payment to the manager...
and there's no actual physical invention attached to this, just a business "method" ...
(more info on the abovementioned patent application: <http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200510191 6522254>)
the upshot of this is that in the US, you could patent a method for adding numbers to produce larger numbers (e.g. 2+2=4)...
If this is really the case, then it should now be possible - in the USA - to patent the business method of filing spurious patents and then using them to blackmail companies that actually produce things into paying you to leave them alone.
At least in australia, you have to have a physical invention (e.g. a device that does X), be able to withstand scrutiny that no-one else has invented such a device (e.g. no prior art). This stops people trying to patent software and meaningless vapourware inventions... until our govenment tries to align our patent system with the USA system as part of the free trade agreement.
See here for info on supporters for patent reform <http://www.pubpat.org/> in the USA.
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oldcorollas | Sat, 22 October 2005 16:45 |
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b1gb3n | Sat, 22 October 2005 16:54 |
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oldcorollas | Sat, 22 October 2005 16:58 |
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oldcorollas | Sat, 22 October 2005 17:01 |
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oldcorollas | Sat, 22 October 2005 17:04 |
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oldcorollas | Sat, 22 October 2005 17:06 |
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b1gb3n | Sat, 22 October 2005 17:06 |
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oldcorollas | Sat, 22 October 2005 17:30 |
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Corona RT142 | Sun, 23 October 2005 03:09 |
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gianttomato | Sat, 22 October 2005 16:56 |
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b1gb3n | Sat, 22 October 2005 17:37 |
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oldcorollas | Sat, 22 October 2005 17:39 |
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b1gb3n | Sat, 22 October 2005 17:49 |
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kingmick | Sat, 22 October 2005 22:41 |
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kingmick | Sat, 22 October 2005 22:55 |
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thechuckster | Sun, 23 October 2005 04:25 |
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shinybluesteel | Sun, 23 October 2005 06:13 |
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river | Sun, 23 October 2005 11:49 |
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Bill Sherwood | Sun, 23 October 2005 13:38 |
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gianttomato | Sun, 23 October 2005 23:06 |
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river | Sun, 23 October 2005 23:46 |
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gianttomato | Mon, 24 October 2005 00:04 |
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Shraka | Mon, 24 October 2005 00:18 |
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