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BountyQuest CEO Patenting Lighting Toilet Water

Posted by Hemos on from the excellent-use-of-time dept.

theodp writes "Charles Cella, CEO of the widely-hyped Jeff Bezos and Tim O'Reilly funded patent reform vehicle BountyQuest, has filed for a number of patents since BountyQuest's demise, including one that covers illuminating water in a toilet bowl (see FIG. 7). Cella's co-inventors include principals of Color Kinetics, which has come under fire for strong-arm patent tactics and whose Board colorfully likens its IP to nuclear weapons."

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  1. inovation by ExKoopaTroopa · · Score: 4, Funny

    for all those who think that the sun shines out of their backside ...

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  2. Am I in trouble? by digidave · · Score: 4, Funny

    If he has a patent on lighting toilet water and I have lights in my swimming pool... does that mean I can be sued if I pee in my pool?

    Oh wait, prior art. I did that twenty five years ago. *Whew*

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  3. Let's be honest about this by roman_mir · · Score: 5, Funny

    This shit is very illuminating!

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  4. Re:Prior Art by digidave · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had it published in the American Sanitation Solution Providers Biweekly Edition (ASS PROBE).

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