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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. I never meta-patatent i didnt like by Nadsat · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What they also patented, but was not mentioned in the article, was a patent on patents... thus all patents are technically theirs, as they patented the concept.

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  2. No shit!? by hey · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ... now that's a useful patent.

  3. Man, I hope they don't patent... by guitaristx · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...complaining about the state of the patent system. Otherwise, we're all screwed!

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