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Amazon patents search terms appended to a URL

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:20 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Via Slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/23/1250255

Seriously, doesn't anyone watch the US Patent system who has a clue? You guys ought to band together, stage another world inspiring revolution, and kick someone's ass ;).

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:34 am
by RobertGonzalez
:dubious:

Man, we Americans can be silly sometimes.

/ plans tomorrow's patent filing for turning on a light switch

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:58 am
by Luke
It makes me wonder if someone can just patent filing a patent and just make the system grind to a halt.
LOL!

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:23 am
by Josh1billion
Ugh that's ridiculous.

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:24 am
by s.dot
It's either incredibly D'OH-ish, or incredibly smart.
The debate's still out on my end.

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:54 pm
by alex.barylski
I think patents are a good idea when their innovative...but most patents that pass in the US patent system are so stupid...Business processes like NetFlix should not be patentable, neither should this...

Patents that have no scientific merit are retarded and give all patents a bad name.

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:16 pm
by Kieran Huggins
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:
It makes me wonder if someone can just patent filing a patent and just make the system grind to a halt.
LOL!
:rofl:

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:19 pm
by Josh1billion
Kieran Huggins wrote:
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:
It makes me wonder if someone can just patent filing a patent and just make the system grind to a halt.
LOL!
:rofl:
The reply to that comment on the page says something like "IBM recently did that" ? lol