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EFF Busts Bogus Online Testing Patent

Posted by Zonk on from the still-kicking dept.

Panaqqa writes "It's taken some time, but the EFF's Patent Busting Project is making progress. In the latest news, the USPTO has now officially rejected one of the 10 awful patents targeted, making the world safe again for administering tests over the Internet. This joins the reexamination of a patent on automated remote access of a computer over a network and the revocation of a patent on recording live performances to CD as notable successes for the EFF."

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  1. Re:EFF should win by cheater512 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A patent bounty sounds nice.

    If someone proves that your patent is a load of crap then you need to pay them a amount and pay the patent office the same amount for wasting time.

    It should make people think twice about getting a patent on something obvious.
    The person who finds the dud patent would be compensated and so would the patent office.

    The amount would be determined on a case by case basis I think.
    Too many variables. Dont want big companies abusing it because they can pay.