5 ms·
EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month: Do It with a Computer
- a3n 11y agoBumper sticker: Trolls do it with computers.
- stillsut 11y ago"teledildonics" - nice, I might add this as a skill to my linkedin
- knieveltech 11y agoYou simply must share any correspondence from recruiters that include reference to this skill.
- wesomefolks 11y agoGreat comment, it's good to see what kind of quality HN is striving for by which comments they choose to keep and which they choose to downvote. So long as there's no negativity (or serious economics) HN users are welcome to comment as if they're 12.
- _asummers 11y agoSimilar to the article linked in the post, SCOTUS has started clamping down on these sorts of patents.[0] I suspect this one will also be killed eventually. It's really a shame that the patent office is still giving out these sorts of patents, however, and wasting everyone's time and effort. [0] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/supreme-court-ruling-has-wiped-out-11-do-it-on-a-computer-patents-so-far/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/supreme-court-rul...
- amelius 11y agoComputers are intended to automate things, so the prior art is already covered by the very definition of a computer (albeit in an abstract sense).
- durkie 11y agohey! nice to get some coverage here. i'm with comingle, one of the companies being sued here. we're building a cache of prior art and are looking for all the help we can get!
- actsasbuffoon 11y agoNote: Some may find the article VUFW (Vaguely Uncomfortable for Work).
- auntienomen 11y agoPerhaps someone should patent a process for generating 'do X on a computer' patents?
- nefitty 11y agoI'll patent "do something meta"
- Abraln 11y agoOr even "method for submitting a patent application over the Internet!" If you actually managed to get it, that might actually be stupid enough to get some legislation passed. At minimum it would halt patent applications for a while until it is thrown out. That's actually not a bad idea. Keep making patents that are as stupid as possible in order to force a change in policy or legislation. Unfortunately the cost would probably make it unfeasible.
- chris_wot 11y agoThey really need to find a way of firing patent examiners who grant these sort of patents. I'm fairly certain that would help reduce the amount of patents granted,
- _yosefk 11y agoA way was not yet found to fire Madoff's regulators. (In fact a way should have been found to put them behind bars for a couple of decades.) So regarding firing patent examiners, I'm not holding my breath.
- knieveltech 11y agoSo...teledildonics is a word. I'm going to enjoy trying to work this into conversation.
- nefitty 11y agoWe must demand and support innovation from the teledildonics sector!
- s73v3r 11y agoYou know, it's really funny that everyone knocks these patents (and rightly so), but the second some service comes up that does the same stuff as has been done before, but suddenly it's "on an app!" that means it's revolutionary, and old regulations shouldn't apply to it.