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Ugh. You say this as a joke, but I vote we come up with a list of features that could be cited as prior art and stick a hash of 'em into the BTC block chain.
by ogreyonder 13y ago
Ugh. You say this as a joke, but I vote we come up with a list of features that could be cited as prior art and stick a hash of 'em into the BTC block chain.
- chime 13y agoI wasn't joking. This is how software patent creation works. Before something can be made in practice, make all the algorithms you might need to implement it.
- CamperBob2 13y agoI believe Intellectual Ventures has patented that business model. You'll be hearing from their drone soon.
- Natsu 13y agoYeah, no matter how obvious something is, someone will probably be able to find a trivial variation of it to patent. I mean, if you have a Taco Copter, clearly a Burrito Copter is nonobvious. I wonder just how trivial they'd allow something like this. I mean it's obvious enough that you can adapt existing telemetry systems and collision avoidance algorithms to this activity, but I doubt the lawyers think it obvious.
- jessedhillon 13y agoIf you think it's so obvious to implement the algorithm in discussion here, feel free to publish it openly and preempt future patent claims.
- Natsu 13y agoOh, that's the thing. In a patent, you only have to describe the general idea. It's not like you put source code or anything useful. But that's the problem: no matter how many variations of the obvious you list, they'll find something to patent.