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Study on why there are so many lousy patents today
Authored by: OmniGeek on Monday, April 08 2013 @ 11:18 AM EDT
In case you were still wondering why we're seeing a deluge of crap patents, here's an Ars Technica article on a relevant study: Study suggests patent office lowered standards to cope with backlog

Capsule summary: Rejected patent applications can be endlessly refiled as continuing applications until the examiners grant them out of sheer overload (with a success rate near 90%); USPTO policy suddenly got worse in this regard in 2009. Suggested remedy is to stop allowing refiled continuing applications after final rejection.

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My strength is as the strength of ten men, for I am wired to the eyeballs on espresso.

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Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 08 2013 @ 03:18 PM EDT
Interesting choice of name.

For those not into computer gaming, SHODAN was the name of the big villain in
System Shock. She was quite legitimately creepy, and frequently shows up on
"Best Video Game Villains" lists.

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Apple RDF as discussed from within -- "Flawgic"
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 08 2013 @ 03:43 PM EDT
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/03/13/apple-google-dilger-flawgic/?ii d=obnetwork
"Flexibly Adaptive Logic" -- the notion that Samsung initiated all the patent damage.
(Christenson)

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Meet the Scanner Scammers
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 08 2013 @ 04:42 PM EDT
arstechnica
"Several of the major manufacturers have talked to us about these patents, and they agree with us. The product they sell is not infringing. It’s putting the whole system together. If you have an office scanner that scans with one button, is hooked up to a network, and can send e-mail —you infringe."
Well outside the shores of the US our chosen vendor brought in a copier/scanner/printer and connected it to our network, and set it up so we could print to it from anywhere, and scan documents and mail them one-click to addresses set up on the machine. If I received one of those lawyer's letters I would forward it to the vendor, and sit back with popcorn.

Or are copy/scanners now like guns and knives? Lawful to make and sell, just be careful how you use them ...

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HP Moonshot and I3
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, April 09 2013 @ 12:04 AM EDT
Looks like HP has pulled a game-changer out of its hat.

A highly modular, extremely low foot print, low consumption server platform
geared for Internet v.3, where every appliance, gadget, house and vehicle
supposedly will be connected for control, management and analysis*.

The Redmond dinosaur just got pushed further towards the brink.

*"control, management and analysis" happens to be the primary goals of
(military) intelligence. The total surveillance society is right around the
corner.

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