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Halliburton Applies For Patent-Trolling Patent

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the meta-evil dept.

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."

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  1. Sorry... by Aix · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, they can't do this because it violates MY patent on patenting patent trolling!

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    1. Re:Sorry... by internerdj · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was waiting for you to exercise because I have patented patenting patent trolling.

  2. Re:This by crypticedge · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The first case i'd support Halliburton for. Think of it, they get this patent, and anyone who trolls patents are in violation.

    Its a self obsoleting patent. Eventually they will bankrupt all the other trolls and have little left but hang up their hats.

  3. Re:This by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    This makes me so mad I just wanna shoot someone in the face.

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  4. Re:Patent being a dick. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So basically halliburton is trying to patent being a dick... I think there's some prior art for that...

    You mean Cheney?

  5. Excerpt from patent by Un+pobre+guey · · Score: 5, Funny
    What is claimed is:
    1. Being an asshole.
    2. Effectively wielding the trait in claim 1.
    3. Using the trait in claim 2 for the purpose of making money.
    4. Using the trait in claim 3 as a business weapon.
    5. Using the trait in claim 4 to pursue litigation against entities with desirable assets.
    6. Using the methods and techniques in claim 5 to transfer ownership of desirable assets from the prior owner to the new owner, the user of the trait in claim 4.
    7. Using appropriate legal contracts and agreements to ensure that the prior owner in claim 6 cannot publically disclose the use of the methods and techniques in claim 5 or the successful results therefrom in claim 6.
    8. ...
    9. Profit!
  6. Re:Like Radar Detecting by MrMista_B · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, the police don't tell you about the Spectre IV, which has a radar-detector-detector-detector detector circuit in them.

  7. Re:This by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I already have a patent on angry face shooting, please do something else. I might sue you.