RE: FN-FORUM: More crazy US patents

date posted 1st April 2004 12:36

I can't decide whether this is due to (a) ignorance/incompetence of the
patent examiner; (b) time constraints, i.e. the examiner not having the time
to understand the patent and its scope or (c) is the US deliberately passing
any patent that gives US industry a competitive advantage over the other
countries industry (to support this idea, consider that the CIA spend a good
deal of time involved in industrial espionage for the benefit of US
industry).

What do people think?

Before you come to a quick conclusion ponder this - this silly patents all
seem to originate from the US.


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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of ken mcewan
Sent: 01 April 2004 09:05
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Subject: FN-FORUM: More crazy US patents


Well this is the best yet:-

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/36707.html

they have managed to patent subdomains !!

Got to love the US system..

Ken