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[News] Amazon Abuses/Exploits the Infinite Incompetence of the USPTO

  • Subject: [News] Amazon Abuses/Exploits the Infinite Incompetence of the USPTO
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:39:01 +0100
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Making online orders with a nod or a smile? Bezos seeks patent

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| Amazon.com is famous for its 1-Click ordering 
| system. But what about 1-Nod ordering? Amazon 
| CEO Jeff Bezos is seeking a patent on a 
| system that would let people make purchases 
| with a nod, a smile or even a raise of the 
| eyebrow.
| 
| Called "Movement recognition as input 
| mechanism," it envisions a computing device 
| that could interpret certain facial 
| expressions and enhance or potentially 
| replace "conventional input devices such as 
| keypads and touch screen."
`----

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/06/making_online_orders_with_a_nod_or_a_smile_bezos_seeks_patent.html

The USPTO gets worse over time, approving more monopolies.


Recent:

Patent Office Proposes Speed Lane (And Slow Lane) For Patents; Treating The Symptom, Not The Disease

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| Of course, none of this will help. It just
| means that companies with more money to
| spend will jump to the fast lane, clogging
| that fast lane, and lengthening the wait
| times for those who don't want to spend
| that much money. It's difficult to see how
| that helps. The real issue is vastly
| cutting back on what is considered
| patentable. Move way from having companies
| feeling the need to patent anything and
| everything and get them back to focusing
| on competing in the marketplace. If there
| must be a patent system, let it be limited
| to the rare cases where there is actual
| proof that the gov't granted monopoly
| makes sense (if those exist) and where
| there's no likelihood of independent
| invention coming up with the same thing at
| about the same time (a key point that
| should determine obviousness).
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100603/1550369677.shtml


Google, US Patent Office Partner To Offer Bulk Data Downloads

http://searchengineland.com/google-us-patent-office-partnership-43458


Update: Patent office head describes three-track system

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225300287


USPTO unveils patent fast-track plan

http://www.inventorsdigest.com/?p=3808


PTO Proposes Pay to Play

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/06/pto-proposes-pay-to-play.html


Patent Fast Track Proposed

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704515704575282951991894276.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_business


Coming Soon: A Faster Patent Application Process?

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/06/03/coming-soon-a-faster-patent-application-process/


Patent Office Proposes Pricey, Expedited Review

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10820012


PTO Proposes Three-Track Patent Examination Process

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| The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
| Thursday unveiled a new initiative aimed
| at giving patent applicants more control
| over how quickly their applications will
| be processed.
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http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/06/pto-proposes-threetrack-patent.php
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