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I get sick of people fretting over stupid patents. Take matters into your own hands and invalidate these fuckers. I think I found some prior art just Googling a

I get sick of people fretting over stupid patents. Take matters into your own hands and invalidate these fuckers. I think I found some prior art just Googling around: https://www.google.com/patents/US7177537?dq=automated+photography&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Rk1uU86FBsf4oASdsoDoDQ&ved=0CF8Q6AEwBg https://www.google.com/patents/US7177537?dq=automated+photog... Frankly, this patent is even broader than Amazon's, as it includes support for multiple background colors, and it allows for the lights to be anywhere, as opposed to some specific position Amazon delineated.

crashandburn4 12y ago
The thing I'd like to know is, is there anything that we can do for this? you found the prior art quickly, so it is clear that the patent should not be valid but is there anything citizens can do to point this out? is there any way of invalidating a patent once it's been awarded short of legal action? As far as I know there is no recourse other than legal action (which is incredibly costly) once a patent has been granted which I think is part of the problem of these ridiculous patents being granted in the first place.
sinaa 12y ago
Posting the patent here might be a good idea: http://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/6543/photography-lighting-amazon-issued-patent-prior-art-request http://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/6543/photography-... Someone may eventually take a look at it.