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| Thread ID: 50903 | 2004-11-05 11:27:00 | Stupid patents | mikebartnz (21) | Press F1 |
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| 288287 | 2004-11-05 11:27:00 | The Yanks are allowing some of the most stupid patents out. Try this (news.com.com) for size. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 288288 | 2004-11-05 12:36:00 | Anyone know about the patent that got let through that patents the shopping basket feature on e-commerce sites? Who are the idiots that let these things happen? |
alphazulusixeightniner (185) | ||
| 288289 | 2004-11-05 21:56:00 | > Who are the idiots that let these things happen? These absolute morons in the good old US of A (www.uspto.gov). At the moment the Europeans are deliberating on providing the same ability to patent software, art and other nefarious ideas along the same lines, with the drive coming from American corporations. The Public Patent Foundation (pubpat.org) is trying to stem the tide with some success but too little too late. But hey, it's only businesses trying to support their shareholders, so who should really give a rats :) Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 288290 | 2004-11-07 11:07:00 | And yet another one here (www.theregister.co.uk) | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 288291 | 2004-11-07 20:39:00 | And it just (www.freerepublic.com) gets worse and worse (www.sciforums.com) | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 288292 | 2004-11-07 20:59:00 | Did you know that Apple Computers invented the mouse, but decided not to patent it because they did not think it was useful. Big Mistake, so now they patent everything, and I mean everything. There was a website with all the stupid apple patents, but who can blame them, they don't want to make another mistake. I think now, because people relised they should have patented something, everything is patented and everyone guards it like crazy, because you never know that it could be big money. Imagine the profits for Apple if they patented the mouse, or if they refused to let MS use the mouse. We might be using trackwheels. Mister Harbies |
mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 288293 | 2004-11-08 02:21:00 | Would have been a good deal for Apple, especially as the mouse was invented at Xerox. :D I like the Australian who patented the wheel. He did it to show the stupidity of the system now the world is full of lawyers and managers who would rather make money in the courts than by creating useful products. (It's a bit like boat racing. :D). |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 288294 | 2004-11-08 02:37:00 | Apple invented it but found no use for it. Xerox used the idea and used it. Apple missed out. Xerox spreaded it. The world changed. Apple changed and now patent everything. :D | mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 288295 | 2004-11-08 02:45:00 | Xerox built the Alto in 1972-3. Steve Jobs visited their Palo Alto labs in 1979 and used a GUI and mouse on the Lisa, then on the Macintosh. Xerox invented a lot of things which didn't bring them monetary return. The laser printer was a Xerox invention. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 288296 | 2004-11-08 04:42:00 | The point of the current crop of 'bad' patents is that they are for software not devices or machines . If you can patent software why not a song, a book or a movie or even closer to what they are doing; a philosophical thought technique, the thought processes that trigger the movement you make to indicate left or right when you are driving? The likes of Xerox missing the boat with a really good piece of engineering innovation wasn't all that uncommon, but there were new inventions coming thick and fast all the time . I have no figures to back it up, but my feeling is that that isn't happening so much now . Money is going into 'enhancement', -->marketing and litigation, not engineering or basic research . Lazy, greedy people will get some short term gain, then what? As a symptom, I reakon that pretty soon Moore's law is going to get a kick back towards earth if things don't change . Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
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