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500 people... Oh, only corporations or big businesses are allowed patents! I agree that there are a lot of ludicrous patents out there and yes most of them are obvious. The current system is broken and needs to be fixed, but how do you protect the individual (read person or small business) from a corporation with tremendous financial and legal resources?

Let's take a software example... The spreadsheet, to me it looks like a ledger (rows and columns) with some automation from the capability of formulas. There have been patent issues on this before, and I believed then and still believe that they were "obvious" and should have been thrown out. You can extend this to current software patent issues and amuse yourselves to no end.
Posted by: SRipley   Posted on: 11/27/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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"I was thinking about it."  Anton Philidor | 11/27/06
I think it's obvious... we need...  el1jones | 11/27/06
The best patent examiners...  Anton Philidor | 11/27/06
Obvious?  earlkaplan@... | 11/27/06
IP property law depend on parties defending their rights against others  lamp299 | 02/21/07
I think that shouldn't be patentable  voska | 11/27/06
In any field...  Anton Philidor | 11/27/06
Thing is people have  voska | 11/27/06
I would say...  Patrick Jones | 11/27/06
Airplanes  Yagotta B. Kidding | 11/27/06
Have to agree... spot on (nt)  el1jones | 11/27/06
But is that true???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/06
However..  Patrick Jones | 11/27/06
Huh?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/06
That is the original point!  Patrick Jones | 11/28/06
Duh?  el1jones | 11/28/06
IP - should it be patentable  dhopp@... | 11/27/06
How about a 'tangible' test  l_g_johnson@... | 11/27/06
Ridiculous  wjkahlssmd@... | 11/27/06
i agree with your litmus test, but...  Been_Done_Before | 11/27/06
Are You A Programmer?  wjkahlssmd@... | 11/27/06
I think is was more a metaphore  John Zern | 11/27/06
I thought of that!!!!  wjkahlssmd@... | 11/27/06
as long as it's physical . . .  CobraA1 | 11/27/06
Unfair  SRipley | 11/27/06
Agreed  CobraA1 | 11/27/06
The iPOd???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/06
They tried to patent their click wheel.  CobraA1 | 11/27/06
And oh, yeah . . .  CobraA1 | 11/27/06
Yes, it should...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/06
Re: Yes, it should...  none none | 11/27/06
The problem of "obvious" is "when".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/06
There really is a simple solution to software patents.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/06
Re: There really is a simple solution to software patents.  none none | 11/27/06
There is no place for software patents  bitfuzzy | 11/27/06
agreed (nt)  CobraA1 | 11/27/06
The answer is obvious...  Ian Lewis | 11/27/06
valuable patent portfolio  Resuna | 11/27/06
Easy  Thore | 11/27/06
Obviousness  ESFabian | 11/27/06
Obviousness of Patents  stevem_001 | 11/27/06
Bogusoids gaming the system  NeutralityNow | 11/27/06
A reason stupid patents exist.  nm32help | 11/27/06
Patenting Software is like patenting math  davidsarmstrong | 11/27/06
Yes and no...  Allstar_z | 11/28/06
All patents must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 11/27/06
Holy Smokes...  critique | 11/28/06
So a lab which develops a valuable idea...  Anton Philidor | 11/28/06
However..  Patrick Jones | 11/28/06
Thanks!  critique | 11/28/06
Ideas too important to patent?  Anton Philidor | 11/28/06
Woah Woah...  critique | 11/28/06
Oh Yeah....  critique | 11/28/06
I think we are being carried away by the "obviousness" test  lamp299 | 02/21/07
Freedom for the consumer  Dumber_z | 11/11/07

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