It seems if you've got a lot of money and influence you can get whatever patent you want.
Amazon got one for internet shopping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-click Smuckers got one for a folded sandwich with no crust: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealed_crustless_sandwich I filed for a patent: www.sitnskate.com. It was rejected based on prior art enough though, in my opinion, what was shown looked no where near what I had. I wish the patent office would have applied the same criteria as they did to my patent as they did to Amazon, Smuckers and now Microsoft patents. A lawyer friend of mine told me that all patents are rejected on the first go around - then you refile and appeal and simply overwhelm the patent office with obscure legalese and force them to do tons of arcane research until the patent office simply gets worn down and worn out and then awards a patent. As this friend succinctly said "The systems favors the wealthy." In fact I've come to learn that all systems, institutions, businesses and even people favor the wealthy. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:18 PM, William Attwood <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390 > > -- > Take care, > William Attwood > Idea Extraordinaire > [email protected] > > Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach< > http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marie_von_ebnereschenbac.html> > - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
