Posted by
Grim..., around February 2006:
You spelled 'href' wrong on your last blog entry.
URL:
www.informationweek.com/sto...
sweet jesus.
only the USA, hopefully. but, how is any so-simplistic collation of two technology ideas patentable? the Black&Dekker Workmate patents and the IG Farben paint patents are the landmarks here, and they required that effort or thought or a product be involved.
has the USA completely thrown out ALL concepts underpinning patent law? eg "uniqueness" of invention/design/effort
on the flipside of the USPTO's bureaucratic nightmare, the US patent on that 3D holographic screen was held up for over 5 years because it first landed on the desk of a new starter with a supervisor still watching over his shoulder. so it was initially rejected on the grounds it was not different from a high-mounted rear-window brake-light, and then for procedural reasons, all the appeals first had to get past this same guy, who was more worried about saving face than the highminded theory of justice and equity for all.
i still like that patent used to demonstrate that the new aussie fasttrack patent system was borken. this chap patented The Wheel. and per PCT, it's technically globally applicable....
Posted by
Jason, around 27th February 2006:
this scares the hell out of me, stinks like the Compuserv GIF thing
So who would buy the patent, and what would they do with it you reckon?
Cal? And release it under Creative Commons?
Posted by
Grim..., around 27th February 2006:
The Pete Doherty one has vanished now =[