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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. 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!

  2. 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.

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

    Claim 976 : The Spanish Inquisition

    Didn't expect that..

    --
    Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.