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January 27th 2006 at 8:20 am in Internet & Technology, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings What the f….. — this patent-business is insane. The Registers reports on a smileys-patent.
It isn’t about protecting ones intellectual property anymore. Nowadays companies just look around, think of something that is used everywhere, and will attempt to patent it.
With the amount of corrupt fucks in the whole system it seems possible too. Stranger patents have been attempted and succeeded (eBleh’s one-click shopping, for example).
Sure it’s effing obvious there is plenty prior-art…
What the fuck does this company want to accomplish? That every keyboard maker pays them a licence-fee for every sold keyboard because, hey, people can make a frigging smiley with it?
What the fuck is this all leading too? (A friend of mine painted a nice picture though — in a couple of decades all these patent-holders dictate the world. The moment you break your arm, the method for mending it is patented and you’ll be paying your ass of on licence-fees! But I slightly digress…)
I just hope some (honest) guy with the right mind doesn’t allow this patent and doesn’t accept any bribes either!
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