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'Patently Ridiculous' - What's Wrong With The PTO

Posted by timothy on from the besides-everything dept.

PhxBlue writes "The St. Petersburg (FL) Times wrote an editorial this morning lambasting a patent system which allows patents for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and swinging sideways. It has some background on how the patent system became as FUBARed as it is, citing rulings by the Supreme Court in 1980 and by the federal patent appeals court in 1998; but more importantly, it brings the faults with the US patent process to a more public eye."

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  1. The Wheel by ghostis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Speaking of ridiculous patents let us not forget the esteemed Australian gentleman who patented the wheel!

    To the APO's credit they did retract the patent...

    -ghostis

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