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Yahoo Photos launched in 2000 - even if it was filed in 2008 that's ridiculous

• PeterisP 4y ago
  It's likely that Yahoo Photos in 2000 did not do it --== Wirelessly ==-- (imagine Spongebob rainbow meme https://imgflip.com/i/6e8qvo https://imgflip.com/i/6e8qvo there) and thus wouldn't be prior art.
  • Too 4y ago
    Easy solution would be to reject inventions that narrow down their claim in a way that crosses two layers in the OSI stack. That would instantly kill all claims of doing X…on a computer, or doing X…wirelessly. Another way to put it is that integration should not be patentable. Everybody knows images can be serialized to a bitstream and that bitstreams can be sent wirelessly, each on their own is novel, but combining them no. Otherwise I could patent delivery of pepperoni pizza on a electric scooter, even if someone else patented pizzas and scooters already.
  • mcv 4y ago
    "Do a common thing, but wirelessly", is the same level of worthless patent as the old "do a thing, but on a computer/the internet" of the 1990s. I get that the wireless tech itself is patented, but using it for existing applications should not be patentable.