O'Reilly Lawyers Set Up Shop in the Patent Office

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday August 22, 2006 @05:32AM from the great-uses-of-time dept.

theodp writes "On the same day Netizens fumed over the trademarking of Web 2.0 (R), lawyers for O'Reilly were beating a path to the USPTO to file for a trademark on MAKER FAIRE, lest some Irish scallywag try to co-opt that catchy phrase for a conference. Speaking of NETIZENS, USPTO records show O'Reilly once sought a trademark for that term. And while details are sketchy, USPTO records also indicate that O'Reilly not only sought to trademark the term WEBSITE, it was the plaintiff in a scheduled Trademark Trial involving a defendant who laid claim to the phrase WEB CITE."

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Great! by Screwy1138 · 2006-08-22 05:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

We need more of this. The more obviously fraudulent patent claims that go in, the closer we'll get to patent reform.

Seriously.
Re:That crazy Bill by chewedtoothpick · 2006-08-22 06:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I thought Al Gore invented the internets...

What will he invent next? He already invented Global Warming.

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