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Canadian Company Claims RDF Patent

Posted by timothy on from the patenting dept.

quinticent writes: "Looks like they are at it again. Companies seem to like to let a standard become, well, standard before pulling out the lawyers to claim they own a patent on it. Now some Canadian company is claiming they own a US patent on RDF (doesn't Slashdot use RDF?). When will the US government realize that allowing patents on common ideas is just wrong? The CNet article is here."

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  1. Slashdot.org patent by torquil · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, any bets as to how long before [Read More...] on slashdot stories is copyrighted?

  2. Hmmm :-) by SuperDuG · · Score: 2, Funny
    wonder if I can patent the patent process ... now that'd be funny.

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  3. I want my money. by Renraku · · Score: 2, Funny

    I own the patent on all files ending with .txt. No, I do not accept PayPal, and yes, this is a joke.

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  4. Re:WTF is RDF? by nomadic · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want to say Robotech Defense Force, but that's probably not right...

  5. Sonofa... by ahoehn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn, there goes my plan for fleeing to Canada.

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  6. Re:Viva le Patent by Ziviyr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ya know, I think his father can prove prior art here...

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  7. Re:Endo-Dynamic by Erris · · Score: 4, Funny
    That would be the same as patenting a book. Instead, you patent the process. I'm amazed there hasn't been an author (such as Steven King) patent his/her story-making process.

    I'm amazed some greedhead is not trying to patent the multifolio codex with ink encoding as a means of conveying page indexed information.

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  8. Re:For my next trick, I will patent... by mpe · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...a system for encapsulating and transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide through an extensive network of branching tubes.

    How about "A process for storing energy using organic phosphate compounds"?