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I just wished that somebody patented the patent trolling business method, and used that against all the patent trolls...
by danmaz74 15y ago
I just wished that somebody patented the patent trolling business method, and used that against all the patent trolls...
- maqr 15y agoIs there any reason why this hasn't been done? It is certainly a strange business method of acquiring intellectual property for the sole purpose of locating and suing unknowing infringers. Perhaps you can only patent the method that you use to find the infringers? Maybe you can patent a seemingly-specific way of searching the web for potential infringers? I have a poor understanding of what can and cannot be patented. It seems like everything can be patented, but then it needs to be defended in court if it's challenged.
- foob 15y agoIBM has tried several times to obtain this patent. Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2759642 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2759642
- BrandonM 15y agoYou mean like this? http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220080270152%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20080270152&RS=DN/20080270152 http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Se...
- joshkaufman 15y agoA guy from Halliburton patented patent trolling? Seriously?
- aptsurdist 15y agoWow, that's pretty brilliant. I wish it actually worked. At least it would make a great parody though - it would be cool to start a fake business front to go about suing patent trolls for infringing on your patent trolling patent just to raise awareness about the insanity of it all.