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Stacey
Yousuf said:
This is absurd. The only upshot is these lawyers (SCO ect) will become so
absurd that -reverse charges- will be allowed to defend against these types
of things and that -will- kill off most of the tort law that plagues our
court rooms.
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George Macdonald
What the hell are they smoking at the USPTO?
Rgds, George Macdonald
"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??
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lyon_wonder
http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1076267183.html
Glad that Intel didn't think of this back in the mid-90s when AMD and
Cyrix and the like came out with 486 and Pentium-socket compatible
CPUs that exceeded 120MHz.
Glad that Intel didn't think of this back in the mid-90s when AMD and
Cyrix and the like came out with 486 and Pentium-socket compatible
CPUs that exceeded 120MHz.
K
Keith R. Williams
It's not only the USPTO that's on something strong. Try:
US6329919.
I've used that one to bust more chops than you can believe. For
some reason no one wants to talk about it. ;-)
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Tony Hill
Intel has a bit too much pride to resort to scaming their way through
the patent system. It takes a special kind of scumbag to try and pull
this kind of crap, and more importantly, it requires scumbags with
absolutely ZERO technical innovation of their own and no viable
products.
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Yousuf Khan
K
Keith R. Williams
Yep! Look at the date and assignee. Much fun has been had with it. ;-)
G
George Macdonald
Geez and it wasn't submitted on April 1!!
I like it - no ticky... no ummm, errr...
Rgds, George Macdonald
"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??
S
Stacey
Tony said:
Doesn't that describe most lawyers?
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Yousuf Khan
Keith R. Williams said:
It was IBM. Was this is a joke played by IBM on the patent office?
Yousuf Khan
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Keith R. Williams
@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>, news.tally.bbbl67
@spamgourmet.com says...
I didn't think IBM had a sense of humor. ...at least I've never
seen it. BTW, IBM has since disavowed all knowledge of this
patent (it's public domain now, whew! ;-). Google on the number
and you might find some more humor.
I know; bad attitude. ...but it's the only one I have!
@spamgourmet.com says...
I didn't think IBM had a sense of humor. ...at least I've never
seen it. BTW, IBM has since disavowed all knowledge of this
patent (it's public domain now, whew! ;-). Google on the number
and you might find some more humor.
I know; bad attitude. ...but it's the only one I have!
K
Keith R. Williams
As part of my work I deal with patents. When I find a goodie, I
squirrel it away. Unfortunately, I wasn't always this way and
let many really good ones slip out of my silly_file.
....and then there are the RMBS patents.
K
Keith R. Williams
They didn't change clock frequencies.
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The little lost angel
OMG... how much does it cost to file patents in the US?? I should
start filing a couple of "creative" ideas, never know when I can start
sueing people for millions
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T
Tony Hill
Ironically, after reading this patent, I actually thought that it had
a lot more valid innovation than a LOT of other patents out there.
They at least implemented an entire system of sensors, buttons and
queuing software together. Admittedly it wasn't the most useful or
complex system, but at least they did some technical work here.
Compare that to the guy who was granted a patent on using a laser
pointer to exercised his cat, and I thought that IBM actually had a
shot at this one. And one needs only look at Rambus' portfolio to
find that all it really takes to get a patent is lots of buzzwords and
legal jargon, even if the technology is something that should be
blatantly obvious (storing memory timings in a register? Where in the
hell else would you store memory timings, a shoe-box under your bed?!)
My personal favorite though is still the guy in Australia who was
recently granted a patent on the wheel.
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Keith R. Williams
a?n?g?e? said:
Lots! That's what makes this so amazing, in my eyes anyway.
I should start filing a couple of "creative" ideas, never know when I can start
sueing people for millions
Just don't get in my way on the way to the restroom! ;-)
Storytime: I was on a flight from Raliegh NC to Newburgh (don't
eat the lobsters) NY. We were at least a half-hour ahead of
schedule so people decided to skip their "break". Well, the sun
started appearing in this window, then that, then the one over
there (repeat a few hundred times) and I made the comment to the
lady sitting next to me that we're in trouble (there is no
traffic stack-up at Newburgh NY - not possible). Yep, we lost
hydraulics; emergency landing and all.
After we landed the plane didn't have enough power to turn its
nose-wheel, so we sat. ...and sat. Finally people were getting
rather desperate, so started making their way to the place
US6329919 was referencing. The flight crew (including the
captain) was *yelling* at people to sit down, because we could
have stop suddenly at any time! I responded that we've been
stopped "suddenly" for over two hours (ok, the tug was moving at
less than 2MPH), and if you don't want a mess to clean up they'd
better change their attitude. Some were willing to make that
mess! Stupid flight-crew.
....maybe the patent had a point! ;-)