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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. First toilet bowl post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    poop!

  2. Red Poster needs grammar, badly! by Onimaru · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hokey smokes, Rocky...I had to read that like 5 times to get anything out of it, and I'm still not sure I got what it actually means. Which is a good thing for you I suppose, because I have a patent on "easily readable English language paragraphs, containing links to subjects mentioned in the paragraph, and posted on a public forum."

    Next time, Gadget, next time!

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  3. WTF, third post marked redundant??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know it's still early in the morning, but perhaps a moderator forgot to set their comment viewing settings to "Oldest First"?

    Think of the children...

  4. Re:Full of shit by Loco3KGT · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    69. A system of claim 68, wherein the user watches the Wizard of Oz while listening to Dark Side of the Moon.

    Or was it The Wall that all the potheads listened to while watching that movie.

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  5. Re:Full of shit by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's dark side of the moon. You should try it sometime, I download a pre-moon'd version and the coincidence of music and action is too good to be accidental.

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