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Transmitting Information Over A Network Is Patented?
from the were-the-patent-examiners-sleeping? dept
Another day, another ridiculous patent lawsuit. This time it's from a company called Antor Media, who appears to have almost no web presence other than news of another lawsuit concerning this same patent against Apple. In this case, the folks at Antor Media are filing claims against all sorts of mobile device companies including Nokia, UTStarcom, Audiovox, Kyocera, Sanyo, Sharp, NEC, RIM, Virgin Mobile, LG Electronics, Palm One and Panasonic. So what's the patent for? Reading through the details seems to show that Antor Media was somehow granted a patent in 1998 for transmitting information from a central server over a telecommunications network. Anyone think there's, say, a bit of prior art on that sucker? Perhaps the patent reviewer hadn't heard of the internet? And people wonder why we're with those calling for a new test to prove patent obviousness.
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Swinging Patents!
The patent on a method of swinging a swing, yes a child's play swing, convinced me that the patent office needs fewer attorneys and more engineers.
(Yes, I checked, that patent does exist. If you alternately pull on the ropes to swing from side-to-side you're infringing in the patent.)
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