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Business Process Patents Taking The World By Storm

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 8, 2003 @04:59PM from the not-the-nice-kind-of-storm dept.

Siriaan writes "DE Technologies, a company based in Montreal, has hit a number of web retailers in the U.S., New Zealand and Singapore with patent infringement claims covering such things as purchase histories and online currency conversion. A small wooden model kit firm my company does business with is amongst those hit; they received a demand for a US$10,000 'signing fee' and then 1.5 percent of all transactions ongoing. "

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Re:first post by jnana · 2003-07-08 18:24 · Score: 4, Funny

I am sorry sir, I have a patent on first posts, frosty pists, and all variations thereof. You will have to give me $1000 for the continuing privilege of using my method, and $5/fp thereafter.
Regards,
L. Sinclair, esquire.
Counter patent! by ikeleib · 2003-07-09 00:14 · Score: 3, Funny

Patent the business process of identifing an existing business practice, patenting it, and demanding royalties from companies using this business process. When such patent is granted, send a letter to them demanding a percentage of their litigation proceeds.