tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6765158653081079859..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Trolls and tribulations -- or Lovers and Licences? IV, LG tie the knotVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72395441418442370372011-11-10T15:41:10.388+00:002011-11-10T15:41:10.388+00:00Anon at 2pm: You are forgetting the recent results...Anon at 2pm: You are forgetting the recent results from CERN proving we could go back in time to turn on our toaster and travelling so quickly would surely raise our temperature to such high levels.<br /><br />Is Anon at 12:56 responible for defamation by accusing JP of being a lousy journalist or is it the blog author Jeremy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-78750373434373959792011-11-10T14:00:38.321+00:002011-11-10T14:00:38.321+00:00So to summarise, when Paxman said his viewers coul...So to summarise, when Paxman said his viewers could infringe the patent by making toast he was right, except that his viewers couldn't infringe (because they're not in the US), making toast doesn't infringe (because the patent only covers temperatures far exceeding the domestic toaster) and the patent can't be infringed anyway (because it has expired). Oops!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-74543294960679177972011-11-10T12:56:33.501+00:002011-11-10T12:56:33.501+00:00To add to anonymous at 7:32, Paxman might also hav...To add to anonymous at 7:32, Paxman might also have mentioned that the patent expired through non-payment of renewal fees in 2008.<br /><br />Of course the first thing any good journalist would do would be to check that the patent was in force...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-6835531026476046532011-11-10T09:10:58.684+00:002011-11-10T09:10:58.684+00:00Is it just my imagination, or is Paxman currently ...Is it just my imagination, or is Paxman currently losing it? After the infamous "idiot from Brussels" incident and the fawning interview to Boris Johnson, this marks a new low in his career...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-74237621814243173942011-11-09T19:32:11.458+00:002011-11-09T19:32:11.458+00:00I just watched the report on iPlayer. Paxman sets ...I just watched the report on iPlayer. Paxman sets the tone by starting with this gem:<br /><br />"Fancy a slice of toast? Be careful! If you heat your bread to a certain temperature for between 3 and 90 seconds you may be impinging on US patent 6080436."<br /><br />He forgets to mention to his UK audience that (a) you would have to be in America, and (b) the 'certain temperature' is a very non-domestic temperature range of 1300-2500°C.<br /><br />Yes! This patent is stopping everyone from making toast!!! Burn* the patent system!<br /><br /><br />*Preferably at a temperature of between 1300 and 2500°C, and more preferably at a temperature of 1900°C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-16782887125700694382011-11-09T19:29:44.658+00:002011-11-09T19:29:44.658+00:00Jeremy, You can watch it on the iPlayer (legally) ...Jeremy, You can watch it on the iPlayer (legally) here: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0176k93/Newsnight_08_11_2011/" rel="nofollow">iPlayer</a>. The piece on patents starts at 38.30 minsAndy Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-87058946311863218772011-11-09T19:11:03.417+00:002011-11-09T19:11:03.417+00:00You're in luck Jeremy - it is on the BBC iPlay...You're in luck Jeremy - it is on the BBC iPlayer (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0176k93/Newsnight_08_11_2011/)<br /><br />The piece starts about 38-39 mins in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-40684987486806045272011-11-09T16:20:55.862+00:002011-11-09T16:20:55.862+00:00@Anonymous 3.43pm
I wish I'd watched Newsnigh...@Anonymous 3.43pm<br /><br />I wish I'd watched Newsnight -- but don't be surprised that I've missed it. I don't have a TV because, if I did, I'd spend all my time watching it instead of blogging!Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-73761994579921033302011-11-09T15:43:05.514+00:002011-11-09T15:43:05.514+00:00I'm surprised Jeremy missed newsnight last nig...I'm surprised Jeremy missed newsnight last night. The way Jermey Paxman uses the word 'troll' it wouldn't suprise me if the UN security council didn't feel the need to investigate.<br /><br />An overblown piece about a poor London app developer who has been sent some US patents by their owner with accusations of infringement. The poor business man (with a ferrari in his own parking spot no doubt) couldn't understand a word of the patent claim, and neither could the hapless BBC reporter who also had a go. Clearly then, these things are bad, the patentees are bad, and everything to do with IP is bad.<br /><br />BBC probably stands for Bad Bad ip Chaps.<br /><br />Apparently, the hard-pressed businessman is consulting a lawyer (or probably his mate the solicitor who does very nicely out of conveyancing thank you very much). The BBC on the other hand, could afford to interview a top barrister, rather than go down the road for a bettter-value patent attorney to chat to. They took those nasty US patents along too - probably hoping he'd give some free advice that the BBC reporter could pass on to his mate, the hard-pressed businessman.<br /><br />As for software patents, if only someone could examine them properly they would be ok, but clearly, anyone examiner who knows about software has a memory scan of 15 seconds and thinks everything they read is novel and the best thing since sliced bread.<br /><br />Anyway, I have recently submitted my patent application for sliced bread cunningly disguised as a software patent (goes in the toaster as software, but comes out as hardware).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-50654253293828940222011-11-09T12:06:15.347+00:002011-11-09T12:06:15.347+00:00I'm with anonymous 11.52 on this one but would...I'm with anonymous 11.52 on this one but would go further<br /><br />LV is a variation on the Open Innovation Network (OIN) both organisations exist becasue of the seemingly potty behaviour of the USPTO.<br /><br />I'm not sure if Merple needs to use the HTML 6.0 tag but perhaps Merpel might rather contemplate the deadweight costs introduced by a system that allows a patent on a metaphor for a toilet lock door, starting with the latter protecting third parties from what it is guarding and the former promoting it.Gentoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05063939954837162413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-13722327949316293962011-11-09T11:52:26.538+00:002011-11-09T11:52:26.538+00:00Relying on one's own portfolio to defend again...Relying on one's own portfolio to defend against a competitor's patents may have been sufficient in the past but that is not the primary purpose of a patent and manufacturers have no right to grumble when a non-practising entity acts properly within the patent system to spoil their game.<br /><br />I would rather focus on clamping down on abuse of the patent system, e.g. mass mailing infringement threats with cheap settlement offers, and reducing costs so that defending against a dubious quality patent is an affordable matter for SMEs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com