__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 11 April 2007 12:53 \__
> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Doug Mentohl spake thusly:
>>> 'Hop-on has received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office two design
>>> patents, D536,685 S and D536,320 S, for two flip phones'
>>>
>>> 'Among the design elements Michaels claims belong to Hop-on are
>>> speakers placed on the sides of phones, and front and side buttons used
>>> to activate camera and video features and to control music playing, such
>>> as fast forwarding or replaying a tune'
>>>
>>> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198900135
>>
>> The Patent System gone mad.
>>
>> How the hell can it be possible to patent the position of speakers and
>> buttons on a handset?
>>
>> Jesus!
>>
>> I hereby patent my system for organising books on a bookshelf, in order
>> of most interesting to least interesting, from right to left. Anyone who
>> uses this method is required to pay me patent royalties of £10,000.00
>> ($20,000.00) per annum per bookshelf using this method.
>>
>> Lawyers standing by to take your calls. Call 800-PATENTS-SUCK now!
>>
>
> Only in America... this is so insane it is truly absurd. I don't
> understand why somebody in the US doesn't do something about it...
^^
What /is/ the US? It's a bunch of companies paying money to support
presidential candidates and then using them as puppet to serve corporate
interests. There's no supervision, either.
BTW, this ridiculous patent made some big headlines a few months ago. Not
only is the proposed idea moronic, but it's also too trivial to be
patentable. What's next? Patenting the shape of a toilet seat? The form of
toilet paper? A method for.... okay, I'll stop right there!
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