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How to Become a Patent Millionaire

Posted by michael on from the perpetual-motion-device dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SF Gate has an article about people who patent ideas for things they have no intentions of building, hoping to license technology or block competitors from doing something similar. As if the patent system weren't screwed up enough already."

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  1. Quick! by st0rmshad0w · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somebody patent that!

    1. Re:Quick! by mike_mgo · · Score: 5, Funny
      I'd be so wealthy Bill Gates would be serving me coffee in French maid outfit by now.

      I don't think I ever want to be that rich.

  2. In other news... by carl67lp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amazon and Microsoft announced joint patents of a new concept: "A grant made by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use, and sell that invention for a set period of time."

    They're expected to make billions off the royalties.