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Scientific American On Bad Patents

Posted by timothy on from the reading-slashdot-is-patented dept.

dltallan writes: "Scientific American has a short article in which Gregory Aharonian presents his picks for the four worst patents granted. I like the patent for training with manuals (1998)." The Bustpatents site is worth spending some eye-rubbing time on.

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  1. You thought those were bad. by Marcus+Brody · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check these patents:

    Silly patents

    Really silly patents

    Really Very silly patent

    Plain absurd patent

    Even law firms admit many patents are silly

    Are you getting bored of all this silliness yet?

    I can go on

    And on

    And on. Even in Spanish

    Incidentlly, I have just made my own patent application:
    Method of recieving Karma Points from www.slashdot.org utilising process of relying entirely on external sources and/or hyperlinks - "Karma Whoring".