Inspired by McMicrosoft?

eerok · 11-27-2006, 12:02 AM

Considering the ongoing uproar over patents, I thought this was just a bit amusing:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article....&in_page_id=34

musicman_ace · 11-27-2006, 02:09 AM

Can I patent the way I tie my shoelaces?

Hitboxx · 11-27-2006, 04:32 AM

Stupid

And oh i want to patent the concept of patents

vharishankar · 11-27-2006, 04:58 AM

And *I* want to patent the concept of patenting patents.

... ad infinitum etcetera and so on and so forth.

eerok · 11-27-2006, 10:40 AM

One good thing: the more ridiculous patents get, the less credibility they'll have.

But who is crazier, the idiot who applies for patents like this, or the patent office that accepts them?

The whole idea of "intellectual property" has become a joke.

easuter · 11-27-2006, 11:53 AM

This reminds me of some australian who tried to patent the wheel back in the 90's....