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We'd all be eating porridge with a spork.
by alanfalcon 15y ago
We'd all be eating porridge with a spork.
- lutorm 15y agoThe spork would undoubtedly have been found infringing and sued out of existence. We'd be eating it with a fork.
- pyre 15y agoOr a paddle/spatula. They might have been able to argue that it wasn't a spoon because there were no raise edges.
- AndyJPartridge 15y agoOr chopsticks. Assuming someone hasn't patented a stick. (Or come to think about it, the chewing process.)
- akdetrick 15y agoSticks may be fine, as long as you don't use it to play fetch with your dog later: http://www.google.com/patents?id=hhYJAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.google.com/patents?id=hhYJAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&...
- kwis 15y agohttp://www.google.com/patents?id=DlttAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.google.com/patents?id=DlttAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&... It appears that's allowable now, since the patent has expired.