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I always think of the Over The Hedge laser pointer scene when I see this topic. 

sonicfan12p wrote:

I should patent the sun. Then everyone could pay me $100 a day to use it, or get sued!    I'd be a trillionaire by next Tuesday! 

Trololololololololol.

ImagineIt wrote:

sonicfan12p wrote:

I should patent the sun. Then everyone could pay me $100 a day to use it, or get sued!    I'd be a trillionaire by next Tuesday! 

Better yet, the air!

Or gravity!    Or maybe water!

Hardmath123 wrote:

Believe it or not, two prime numbers have been patented. R. Schlafly got a patent on a couple of huge ones (150 digits and 300 digits respectively) because of their importance in encryption algorithms.
So legally, you can't use these numbers. 

Law breaker!

ImagineIt wrote:

mythbusteranimator wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

At first I thought you said my cat's cousin. 

Am I the only one to get the "Calvin's Dad" refrence?

Calvin's dad?

From Calvin and Hobbes. He's a patent attorney.

Last edited by scimonster (2012-09-06 09:27:19)

stevetheipad wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

Harakou wrote:

I agree. The main problem with the current system is that you can patent vague concepts and ideas that often end up being thought of by someone else. Instead of patents on specific implementations, you see these very broad ideas that are open to interpretation. It's comparable to, instead of patenting a specific mechanism by which you can open a drawer, just patenting the idea of sliding a drawer out horizontally.

Exactly.

But now that I think about it, what about the company Zynga? They are a gigantic company yet have copied everything from indie game Tiny Tower to EA game The Sims Social.

Patents could be useful in this case, but none exist for either of those.

EA is finally suing the [not very cool] company Zynga.

YAY. I love Tiny Tower and I think NimbleBit should sue them too.

CN12 wrote:

sonicfan12p wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

Better yet, the air!

Or gravity!    Or maybe water!

Dibs on patenting the air.

For the record, patents are on 'inventions.'

And you get the rights to using the idea commercially for profit. (Though, theme parks and entertainment attractions all use those things)

Anyway, what do you guys think about Apple's win against Samsung, proving the problem with the patent system even more?

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Mokat wrote:

I wanna patent gravity.

For the record, patents are on 'inventions.'

ImagineIt wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

Mokat wrote:

I wanna patent gravity.

For the record, patents are on 'inventions.'

Did these people invent using laser pointers on cats? No.

It's still something that we came up with through thinking, and could be seen as an invention in a certain light, regardless if it is theirs. (Also, it is copyrighted as a "cat exercise technique)

Gravity is a universal law caused by mass, not by the minds of someone.

soupoftomato wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

For the record, patents are on 'inventions.'

Did these people invent using laser pointers on cats? No.

It's still something that we came up with through thinking, and could be seen as an invention in a certain light, regardless if it is theirs. (Also, it is copyrighted as a "cat exercise technique)

Gravity is a universal law caused by mass, not by the minds of someone.

Then I will patent the sun, on the basis of using it as a farming technique! There!    Same thing as patenting this, "cat excersise", which had already been done by numerous parties, and was in no way an original idea. So, I could patent the sun, and then sue all the farmers who still use it! 

Hey why don't I patent the use of trees for climbing! 

This topic has become "HAHA let's patent [unpatentable idea] we're clever!" and lost it's purpose.

I should patent using the computer.