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Supreme Court to Rule on 'Obvious' Patents
davidwr writes "News.com reports the U.S. Supreme Court will take up KSR v. Teleflex, a patent case in which the defense is arguing the patent is obvious and should be thrown out. The case hinges on a 1952 provision of patent law. Interestingly, several major IT firms are supporting the defense."
I've already patented the use of obvious patents. Does that mean that my fellow cynics can have my patent struck down in an ironic twist of fate?
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huh?
theyre comming in on the side of the defense.. which is being attacked by plaintiffs who have obvious patents..
Oo.. I believe you misinterpreted?
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Surprise! You're wrong! The IT firms are against patenting of "obvious" ideas.
"they need to eat too"
;-)
You've obviously never properly got to know any lawyers. They only pretend to eat so we believe they're human
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HOLY SHIT! Someone correctly parsed both the article summary and the post they were replying to! This is a red letter day for slashdot.
Please start your posts with IANAL instead of ending it with IANAL.
And please start your posts with "I am anal" so we know we can avoid trolling.
Ugh. What a horrible acronym. It sounds like some nasty disease:
Doctor: So, what seems to be the problem? ...
Patient: Well, I have this persistent burning sensation, um, "down there".
Doctor: I see. Do you also feel as if a hundred tiny spiders are crawling up your anus?
Patient: Wtf!? How did you know that!?
Doctor: Uh-huh. Sounds like SCOTUS. You'd better drop your pants. I'll get the probe
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All the Supremes can do is rule on this particular case
Meanwhile, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, and the Miracles all dissented.
I asume that every posting starts with IANA*
Of course every posting starts with IANA. How else would your computer know what parameters to pass in the various protocols it uses when posting to Slashdot? Who else makes sure the '.org' TLD isn't taken over by the porn industry or Scientology? Who else assigns the IP ranges to the Regional Internet Registries that Slashdot's ISP uses?
Yep, cheers to IANA for keeping all that organized.
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Actually they do eat. I've seen them. They slither around on the floor a restaurants and pick up droppings. You know how those bottom-feeders are.
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No matter where you go... there you are.
I think it sounds more like some kind of ammunition.
"I don't care whether they have the bigger guns. We're using APDU rounds; I want to see them try to trump that!"
"Well, sir, they're using SCOTUS rounds."
"Okay, we're fucked, then."
Alternatively, SCO might have decided to go international and call their main branch the Santa Cruz Operation of The United States.
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Ok, young man. You just take that logic and go to your room. I don't want to hear any more of that public domain is a good thing talk. Who do you think you are siding with those viscious, heartless monsters who wrote the constitution rather than the warm, loving coprporations who are just trying to scrape out a meager living making a few hundred million with the sweat of their lawyers brows.
"I'm not a Supreme Court expert (I'm not even an American)..."
but you *did* stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night, right?
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