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E-Mail Forwarding Patented, PTO Sued
David Lee Ludwig writes "Earlier today, I ran across an article regarding an issued patent on e-mail forwarding. According to the president of the holding company, they're interested in making the technology open-source, however I fail to see where the innovation is.
The full text of the patent (6427164) is available online." Sadly, we've run altogether too many patent stories of late. In related news, the PTO has been sued to stop shredding the original documents related to the patents. Read on for more on that...
mgarraha writes "A
Washington
Post article
reports that the
National Intellectual Property Researchers Association
is suing the US Patent and Trademark Office
to stop them from destroying their archive
of paper documents.
NIPRA claims that PTO's new patent database
is not good enough to go completely paperless.
PTO had planned to begin disposal today,
but they are still negotiating with the group
that will take the paper off their hands."
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Cover your eyes and click this link!
Hyperlinks....email fowarding.....damnit Im going to patent the number 1, then you'll all owe me money!
In college, really poor, need a flatscreen.
Yeah Brain, but how are we going to patent the Earth?
I use Macs to up my productivity, so up yours Microsoft!
It's not fair just to pick on you, but you stupid kike motherfucker -- can't you fucking read? Does all the cock in your ass pump your guts so full of cum that you have no fucking ability to read and think? It's not about email forwarding for shit's sake. It's about routing mail from old addresses to new addresses based upon information in a central database.
Read - you brainless cunt.