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Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet

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Re: Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet

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Post by smutticus »

linuxhansl wrote: post #5

I should get a patent on "making money by asserting patents". Then I would only grant myself a license and hence have the only patent left that can make money. Seriously. The way out is a blanket "No software patents" statement from congress; or along the line of what Twitter is doing where all inventors have to agree if their patent is used offensively (although lawyers at my company tell me that such a restriction…

Oh yeah! I'm gonna get a patent on making patents on asserting patents. Then when your patent on asserting patents gets tried in court, I'm gonna claim prior art on your patent and get all the monies. Them I'm gonna get a patent on granting patents and sue the patent office and get royalties everytime they grant a patent.

Re: Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet

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Post by linuxhansl »

shawnz wrote: post #19
linuxhansl wrote: post #5

I should get a patent on "making money by asserting patents". Then I would only grant myself a license and hence have the only patent left that can make money. Seriously. The way out is a blanket "No software patents" statement from congress; or along the line of what Twitter is doing where all inventors have to agree if their patent is used offensively (although lawyers at my company tell me that such a restriction…

Do you realize that a patent on "making money by asserting patents" wouldn't be a software patent? Please realize that the patent system is flawed in more ways than that, and simply disallowing all software patents is not going to fix the problem.

You're correct.

I used the term "Software Patent" in a broader sense to include patents "Business Methods".

Re: Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet

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Post by Dylan16807 »

shawnz wrote: post #19
linuxhansl wrote: post #5

I should get a patent on "making money by asserting patents". Then I would only grant myself a license and hence have the only patent left that can make money. Seriously. The way out is a blanket "No software patents" statement from congress; or along the line of what Twitter is doing where all inventors have to agree if their patent is used offensively (although lawyers at my company tell me that such a restriction…

Do you realize that a patent on "making money by asserting patents" wouldn't be a software patent? Please realize that the patent system is flawed in more ways than that, and simply disallowing all software patents is not going to fix the problem.

It would fix most of it.

Re: Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet

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Post by kintamanimatt »

sillysaurus wrote: post #14
t0 wrote: post #3

I'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/

Or just be based in a non-US jurisdiction without any US offices or employees!

Re: Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet

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Post by walden42 »

sillysaurus wrote: post #14
t0 wrote: post #3

I'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/

> Apparently a corporation can only be represented by an attorney in a litigation and cannot be represented by the founders or officers

Stuff like that is enraging. Free country, huh? You're not even allowed to represent yourself.

Re: Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet

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Post by forman00 »

FYI, if you want to learn more about a specific patent, you can read the examiner's reasons for allowance at the public pair website (http://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair)

Looking at that site, the reasons for allowance are the claimed features of:

"...displaying to a reader, who can leave a reader comment in response to said online information, an offer associated with said online information, said offer being an offer to alter a reader comment from said free default format to a distinctive format for a fee"

*with a priority date of 6/6/2009

Re: Patent US8296192 – Method for making money on the internet

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Post by chris_wot »

michaelhoffman wrote: post #6

This 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.

Specific scope? Like hell! This could apply to any Internet content.
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