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2013-01-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Patent troll lawyers now going after users of most modern technologies
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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-01-05 09:55|| || Front Page|| [336089 views ]  Top

#1 Give them an inch... mpaa, riaa
and this is the result.
Posted by Water Modem 2013-01-05 13:19||   2013-01-05 13:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm reminded of the old lawyer joke about "What is 200 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? Answer, a good start. May these bastards roast in HELL.
Posted by Past Master of the Obvious  2013-01-05 13:23||   2013-01-05 13:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Perps heads on a pike would be a good start with photos in prime hallways in our nation's law schools.
Posted by Water Modem 2013-01-05 14:12||   2013-01-05 14:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Wonder if they've been stupid enough to send one of those letters to a large law firm?

Hilarity would ensue. :-D
Posted by Barbara 2013-01-05 14:14||   2013-01-05 14:14|| Front Page Top

#5 The US Patent Office enabled a lot of this nonsense when they started granting patents on business methods. Before that, you had to have an actual physical machine. Afterwards, you just needed to append "on the Internet" to your lame-ass business plan.

Patenting a scanner is one thing. Trying to patent the idea of sending the scanned file via email should fail the obviousness test and get you tossed down the stairs.
Posted by SteveS 2013-01-05 14:29||   2013-01-05 14:29|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd love to see some of our patent and IP attorneys answer that letter they're sending. :-D

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure they'll never send us one ....
Posted by Barbara 2013-01-05 16:34||   2013-01-05 16:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Another lawyer joke:

What is a shame?

A busload of lawyers going over a cliff!

What is a crying shame?

Two of the seats are empty!
Posted by CrazyFool 2013-01-05 16:45||   2013-01-05 16:45|| Front Page Top

#8 During the mid-1980s dairy farmers decided there was too much cheap milk at the supermarket. So the government bought and slaughtered 1.6 million cows. How come the government never does anything like this with lawyers?

P.J. O'Rourke
Posted by Beavis 2013-01-05 17:01||   2013-01-05 17:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Q: During the mid-1980s dairy farmers decided there was too much cheap milk at the supermarket. So the government bought and slaughtered 1.6 million cows. How come the government never does anything like this with lawyers?

A: Ever see a cheap lawyer (as in the bill?)
Posted by USN,Ret. 2013-01-05 19:30||   2013-01-05 19:30|| Front Page Top

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