When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread CollinB
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140507/04102327144/us-patent-office-grants-photography-against-white-background-patent-to-amazon.shtml -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
I thought of becoming a Patent agent not too long ago. I couldn't fulfill the paper requirements. Yet the system seems to be run by total incompetents, like much of the rest of our over credentialed government masters err servants. On 5/9/2014 8:23 AM, CollinB wrote:

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Bill
On 09/05/2014 9:15 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I thought of becoming a Patent agent not too long ago. I couldn't fulfill the paper requirements. Yet the system seems to be run by total incompetents, like much of the rest of our over credentialed government masters err servants. Someone should try

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread P.J. Alling
On 5/9/2014 11:25 AM, Bill wrote: On 09/05/2014 9:15 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I thought of becoming a Patent agent not too long ago. I couldn't fulfill the paper requirements. Yet the system seems to be run by total incompetents, like much of the rest of our over credentialed government masters

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-09 9:25 Bill wrote Someone should try to put a patent on patents. good luck - i have a prior patent on a method for proving that nothing is patentable -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread John
On 5/9/2014 11:36 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 5/9/2014 11:25 AM, Bill wrote: On 09/05/2014 9:15 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I thought of becoming a Patent agent not too long ago. I couldn't fulfill the paper requirements. Yet the system seems to be run by total incompetents, like much of the rest

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
They should consult someone with legal experience, as well as experience of this type of photography: http://tinyurl.com/Diamondgeezas B On 9 May 2014, at 20:25, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: On 5/9/2014 11:36 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 5/9/2014 11:25 AM, Bill wrote: On 09/05/2014

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 9, 2014, at 14:23 , John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I've read some speculation that this might be Amazon trying to show how absurd the current US Patent Law is; something in the light of recent Apple/Samsung patent wars. I'm thinking of Apple patenting rounded corners, finger

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Zos Xavius
If you read the patent, they are covering something very specific down to specific camera settings. If they really wanted to sue people it wouldn't stand up in court anyways. There are numerous examples of prior art here. On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread John
One alternative reason is they don't intend to use it themselves, but wanted something they could sell to Patent Trolls. On 5/9/2014 5:50 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: If you read the patent, they are covering something very specific down to specific camera settings. If they really wanted to sue people

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Larry Colen
On May 9, 2014, at 5:52 PM, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: One alternative reason is they don't intend to use it themselves, but wanted something they could sell to Patent Trolls. We’re talking Bezos here, the man who makes Bill Gates look like Pope Francis. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail