I have seen crazier things in some of the patent suits. It just boils down to software patents are plain stupid and not what they had in mind when it came to IP protection or patenting. It is really being abused as a tool to stifle progress and competition. It's like the death throes of a dying company trying to scrape every last penny from the pot.
-----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:02 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: It's Dot Com Boomtime Again! I am not sure that interesting is the right word. That's one of the best arguments I've ever seen for patent reform, and I'm including the ridiculous Blackboard patent in that statement. I mean... calendaring reminders? Someone let a corporation patent that? Managing electronic messages? OK, I didn't click the links. I guess if I never do I can cling to the hope that the details are a hell of a lot more specific than that. On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Go here: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm > and type an/aol in the query box. > > Some really interesting stuff they own. > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > my tech stock wtf of the weekend: Microsoft is buying patents from > > AOL. I am rather curious as to what patents AOL might have that are > > actually > worth > > that sum, > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349665 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
