The Patent Epidemic

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 3, 2006 @06:43AM from the catch-the-fever dept.

cheesedog writes "BusinessWeek is running an editorial titled The Patent Epidemic, which chronicles not only how abusive and absurd our patent system has become for software and business method patents, but how it hurts even traditionally innovative fields such as the automobile industry. Interesting commentary can be found in the regular places, with Right to Create suggesting action you can take to stem the spread of this epidemic, and Patent Prospector attempting to refute BusinessWeek's arguments."

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Four examples by karvind · 2006-01-03 06:49 · Score: 5, Informative

Patently Silly
Totally Absurd Patents
IP funny
Patent of the week
I am sure there are more, but it gives you a glimpse of the absurdity in patents. Some of the patents are funny too .. so enjoy :) (just don't spill coffee while reading)