Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or the comments of others. So I could pay to tag your comment with a clever gif or something.
aka reddit gold.
Or Facebook promoted posts
Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet
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#24I'm confused about how something like this actually affects us in the startup world. Should I stop trying to innovate because everything I could possibly think of is already patented.. or simply disregard the existence of these patents?
Disregard, then fight it later if you grow big enough to matter. That said, it can seriously screw you over if you get unlucky: http://www.k9ventures.com/blog/2011/04/27/modista/
It's important to note that this specific dispute has been resolved and modista is working again.
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#25I'm confused about how something like this actually affects us in the startup world. Should I stop trying to innovate because everything I could possibly think of is already patented.. or simply disregard the existence of these patents?
Disregard, then fight it later if you grow big enough to matter. That said, it can seriously screw you over if you get unlucky: http://www.k9ventures.com/blog/2011/04/27/modista/
That said, Modista is back up!
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#26I'm confused about how something like this actually affects us in the startup world. Should I stop trying to innovate because everything I could possibly think of is already patented.. or simply disregard the existence of these patents?
Disregard, then fight it later if you grow big enough to matter. That said, it can seriously screw you over if you get unlucky: http://www.k9ventures.com/blog/2011/04/27/modista/
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#27This is another example of a patent with a specific scope being given an incredibly broad title. This patent is actually on selling web site commenters the ability to have their comment appear in some kind of distinctive format, which might be a different font, or it might be appearing before the other comments.
Fwiw, one of my relatives built a press release site. You could post press releases for free, and pay to put stars next to them. The more stars you buy, the higher it sorts. He sold the business for seven figures.
It's a little different from this patent because the "comments" aren't related to particular articles.
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#28...providing to said reader a preview of said distinctive format comment...
Said US Patent system is, said, such a, said, bullshit.
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#29I'm confused about how something like this actually affects us in the startup world. Should I stop trying to innovate because everything I could possibly think of is already patented.. or simply disregard the existence of these patents?
Disregard, then fight it later if you grow big enough to matter. That said, it can seriously screw you over if you get unlucky: http://www.k9ventures.com/blog/2011/04/27/modista/
Only tangentially related: from the story,
> I told them then that “Whatever you do next, I’m ready to back you anytime.”
Except, you know, when it actually requires backing them up? Specially this paragraph:
> the lawsuit torpedoed Modista’s financing. And since they didn’t have the money to hire lawyers to defend themselves, they had to accept a default judgment against the company
The guy gracefully pushes to the side that the reason they couldn't afford lawyers was because he personally pulled funding from them when his goose that laid the golden eggs turned to be just a very, very good goose.
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#30I wonder if there is a patent on robbing a bank?