EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month: Do It with a Computer
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#2Bumper sticker: Trolls do it with computers.
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#3"teledildonics" - nice, I might add this as a skill to my linkedin
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#4Similar to the article linked in the post, SCOTUS has started clamping down on these sorts of patents.[0] I suspect this one will also be killed eventually. It's really a shame that the patent office is still giving out these sorts of patents, however, and wasting everyone's time and effort.
[0] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/supreme-court-rul...
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#5Computers are intended to automate things, so the prior art is already covered by the very definition of a computer (albeit in an abstract sense).
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#6hey! nice to get some coverage here. i'm with comingle, one of the companies being sued here. we're building a cache of prior art and are looking for all the help we can get!
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#7Note: Some may find the article VUFW (Vaguely Uncomfortable for Work).
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#8Similar to the article linked in the post, SCOTUS has started clamping down on these sorts of patents.[0] I suspect this one will also be killed eventually. It's really a shame that the patent office is still giving out these sorts of patents, however, and wasting everyone's time and effort. [0] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/supreme-court-rul...
SCOTUS = Supreme Court of the United States, in case anyone else was wondering.
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#9Perhaps someone should patent a process for generating 'do X on a computer' patents?
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#10They really need to find a way of firing patent examiners who grant these sort of patents. I'm fairly certain that would help reduce the amount of patents granted,