Country Courts favour their own country...stuff the law

[turboplanner]

Good points Gentreau, often we are the victims of sloppy regulation analysis or drafting.

 

 

[Gentreau]

I wonder, has anybody patented the term "smartphone" yet ...... ?

 

 

[Admin]

Didn't Facebook patented the term "Wall" or something like that if my memory serves me correct

 

 

[David Isaac]

You cannot patent a term, you can register a design (artwork) around a name, you can only patent a 'new' and 'innovative' invention.

 

 

[Gentreau]

Only taking the piss David.

 

I've worked at a large american electronics manufacturer and seen some of the 'inventions' for which they get patents.

 

Frankly I find it all bloody stupid and beneficial to only one group of people.

 

 

[turboplanner]

So I can't patent myself then David?

 

 

[Admin]

http://hotword.dictionary.com/facebooktrademark/

 

http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/9281/does-facebook-have-any-legal-binding-with-the-word-wall

 

Can I patent the term "Ian"...again it is all so stupid and just simply comes down to money and only in the US

 

 

[David Isaac]

So I can't patent myself then David?

No thank God No ... LOL

 

 

[damkia]

So I can't patent myself then David?

 

No thank God No ... LOL

You can't even patent your genetic code - parts of the generic human code already belong to US pharmaceutical companies....

Only in America...

 

 

[Powerin]

Patents were originally created to encourage innovation by giving inventors/creators a monopoly, for a limited time, to give them a chance to make some money and recover costs. It was for the benefit of society that patents were allowed to expire which encouraged competition and improvement on the original idea.

 

These days patents (especially software patents) are used as money making tools in themselves. They are bought, sold and traded, often by investment companies whose sole purpose is to use them as legal weapons to make money and stifle competition and innovation.

 

 

[fly_tornado]

Disney and co. had the patent term extended, defeating the concept of patents fostering innovation.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act

 

 

[winsor68]

Disney and Co. has a lot to answer for... Ironically something selling itself on innocence and fun is to it's very root evil...