Maybe the patent office did it intentionally ? They could have just approved everything and let everyone fights in court.
In this way, they still can collect the patent application fee (it's your own problem that your patent gets withdrawn) and the lawyers can make more money. Regards, T J On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:46 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read this in the Strait Times y'day, my jaws dropped. It's been a > while since I last read something as ridiculous and amusing as this. > My guess is that the patent officer who approved this must have got > the job, fresh out of the cave he'd been living in with the doomsday > cult. Congrats for putting S'pore on the world map again. > > On 5/28/08, Anand Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wednesday 28 May 2008 11:07:39 Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: >>> let's see now, who was more stupid? The guys who allowed the patent to be >> >> Definitely. >> >> And ordinary citizens like us, who have been taken for a ride by the so >> called >> patent offices... and those who just sit on the sidelines and watch, until >> *their* house is on fire.... (hint OOXML) >> >>> issued? or the guys who applied for the patent in the first place? >> >> No, the recipient is smart (in a evil sense though). Now, if they can >> enforce >> the patent, they can just print invoices and fatten up their bank balance. >> >> Regards >> Anand >>> >>> Personally, i would like to see this go as public as possible, so that we >>> can make as good an example of all fools involved as possible. Really. >>> >>> -jf >>> >>> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Slugnet mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq >> http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet >> > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > -- Chng Tiak-Jung email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
