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2005-04-07 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Time for another episode of "Federal Court"...

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Posted by tu3031 2005-04-07 3:22:05 PM|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ROFL, tu!

Posted by .com 2005-04-07 5:02:36 PM|| 2005-04-07 5:02:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh this is nothing, just wait until someone sues on U.S. Pat. #6,213,778 ....

Posted by AzCat 2005-04-07 5:07:00 PM|| 2005-04-07 5:07:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 This is the kind of insanity that our intellectual property laws have caused becuase the courts have expanded them so stupidly over the past decade.

Time to flush them and start over. Limit copyrights to the original 25 year past the end of the authors life, or 25 years from first publication in the case of a company or corporation. Eliminate completely "business method" patents and software patents, as these are not used to protect an innovation but to close markets and permit monoplistic practices by companies that never produce anything but IP licenses lawsuits.

Color me disgusted that something this obvious ever got granted a patent.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-04-07 5:27:46 PM|| 2005-04-07 5:27:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually the past decade or so has already seen a dramatic contraction in the scope of protection afforded patentees.

Posted by AzCat 2005-04-07 5:59:07 PM|| 2005-04-07 5:59:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Give me a nice multi-grained bread with some body to it (no foam bread, fer me), some freshly ground almond butter, and some NZ manuka honey, and you got yerself a righteous AB&H.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-04-07 6:02:17 PM|| 2005-04-07 6:02:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Gee, when I used to have nunch at my friend Tommy's house 40 years ago, his mom used to use a cookie cutter to remove the crust and seal the edges. So obviously, Smucker's patent is invalid on the basis of "prior art."

Posted by Darth VAda 2005-04-07 6:27:34 PM|| 2005-04-07 6:27:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 That would be "lunch," ackshually.

Posted by Darth VAda 2005-04-07 6:45:50 PM|| 2005-04-07 6:45:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 As BigEric (4-1/2) says to me:

"Pop! Pop! I don't care abou'dis stuff. Just gimme a spoon and d'jar of Peanut Butter."

Posted by BigEd 2005-04-07 7:09:38 PM|| 2005-04-07 7:09:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 This is the kind of insanity that our intellectual property laws have caused becuase the courts have expanded them so stupidly over the past decade.

Time to flush them and start over. Limit copyrights to the original 25 year past the end of the authors life, or 25 years from first publication in the case of a company or corporation. Eliminate completely "business method" patents and software patents, as these are not used to protect an innovation but to close markets and permit monoplistic practices by companies that never produce anything but IP licenses lawsuits.

Color me disgusted that something this obvious ever got granted a patent.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-04-07 5:27:46 PM|| 2005-04-07 5:27:46 PM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by OldSpook 2005-04-07 5:27:46 PM|| 2005-04-07 5:27:46 PM|| Front Page Top

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