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Well, I don't know about the stick, or the swinging technique, or the cat playing, but most of that stuff is just dumb, not unpatentable. I mean, you can come up with any dumb idea, and, if you're the first one to patent it, why shouldn't they approve it? It's not the patent office's job to decide what's stupid.
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It should be lol.
I also don't think processes or concepts or techniques should be patentable. I mean, patent a new toilet design, OK, but the idea of something people shit in? That'd be stupid, right? But it's what some patents amount to, especially in the area of 'intellectual property.'
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Processes and techniques most definitely *should* be (and are) patentable. Just an example from my work - just about everyone knows what carbon composites are, but not everyone knows the best way of curing them. In fact, stuff like that is some of the biggest targets for industrial espionage.
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quote:Originally posted by B.J.: Processes and techniques most definitely *should* be (and are) patentable. Just an example from my work - just about everyone knows what carbon composites are, but not everyone knows the best way of curing them. In fact, stuff like that is some of the biggest targets for industrial espionage.
Hmm, I just bought a violin bow made of carbon composites. You wouldn't have anything to do with it, would you?
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The device that tells you whether you hit a person or not is interesting. It would be more effective to create something that prevents you from hitting a person, like eyes, and an attention span longer than 2 seconds, rather than just keeping score...
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quote:Originally posted by B.J.: Processes and techniques most definitely *should* be (and are) patentable. Just an example from my work - just about everyone knows what carbon composites are, but not everyone knows the best way of curing them. In fact, stuff like that is some of the biggest targets for industrial espionage.
And what if I tell you that I have a moral problem with corporations being able to make money based on trade secrets? Information should be free man.
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Well, it wouldn't be the Colonel's secret blend of herbs and spices if everyone knew about it, would it now?
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No. No it wouldn't. And then anybody can cook it if they want to instead of having to pay a particular establishment for it.
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