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Regifting Not Just A Seinfeld Gag -- It's Patented

Posted by timothy on from the no-blushing-'cause-there's-no-shame dept.

theodp writes "While the jury's still out on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' gifting patent, the USPTO has given thumbs-up to a patent for regifting. The electronic regifting patent, which cites a Seinfeld episode and Bezos' pending patent application as prior art, was awarded to an individual who also holds a patent for exchanging online gifts."

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  1. Great... by Danse · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm predicting online fruit-cake gifts that will be "regifted" around the net for all eternity....

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    1. Re:Great... by Detritus · · Score: 3, Funny

      Where do you think all of the "missing matter" in the universe is? Forget about dark matter, its fruit cakes!

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  2. That's awesome... by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 4, Funny

    1) Take someone else's idea

    2) Add "on the internet" to the end of it

    3) Get a patent????

    4) Profit!

  3. Following along from Seinfeld... by CanSpice · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...look for the following patents in the near future:

    1) Women's names rhyming with female body parts.
    2) Superman.
    3) Entering a room in a wacky manner.
    4) Nothing.

    1. Re:Following along from Seinfeld... by FurryFeet · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe the Male upper garment and manufacturing method of reinforcement pad for use therein counts?

      It's not exactly the same, but at least as funny. "With those elements, the garment displays an appearance of a man of a well-developed pectoralis major muscle". Oh boy.

  4. Re:Monty Python. by syrinx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Claim 976 : The Spanish Inquisition

    Didn't expect that..

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  5. Re:Online gifts only by skaffen42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why someone would opt-in to a system that allows the recipient of a gift to trade it for something else without even recieving it is beyond me.

    If only we could convince the mother-in-laws of the world to accept this. A lot of guys would be a LOT happier come the holidays.

    (Damn, I should have posted this as an AC...)

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