Slashdot Mirror


Halliburton Applies For Patent-Trolling Patent

An anonymous reader writes "Halliburton, the company many folks know as Dick Cheney's previous employer, has apparently taken an interest in methods of patent trolling. In fact, according to Techdirt, the company has applied for a patent on patent trolling. Specifically, it's applied for a patent on the process of finding a company that protected an invention via trade secret, figuring out what that secret is, patenting it ... and then suing the original company. Hopefully, the patent office rejects this patent, because I somehow doubt that Halliburton is trying to get the patent as a way to block others from patent trolling."

1 of 244 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This makes me so mad I want to shoot somebody by pcfixer · · Score: -1, Troll

    LOL. Where would the world be without evil corporations? This is straight out of the movies people. Haliburton is the classic evil corporation and it is just comical. If you are looking for a nice company that truly does no evil find one that belongs to a community organization and actually has friends in it that are also not evil. My company, PC Fixer is just that kind of company. We care unlike the evil Dick Chaney. PC Fixer is the answer! Honest computer repair and service.