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Re: ALERT Austrialian Patent on VRTours ??
Markus Altendorff 2005-May-12 07:24:00
chris wrote:
> There should be plenty of prior are covering this Yet-Another-Stupid-Patent.
> if the date it was awarded is 2003/04 I'm sure I could find some,
>
I do vaguely recall reading about the Australian patent system (or at least this
special "inventor's patent" thing - wasn't it something "anything's granted without
checking, and scrutiny starts only if the patentee actually wants to enforce it"?
(which is actually a tad better than "grant anything and let the courts sort it out,
if anyone cares at all...")
Seeing how easy it is to apply for a patent online...
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/patents/what_index.shtml
...i'd expect to see a lot more of funny patents in the future, for
"What is more cost-efficient, actually shooting a photo, or owning the enforcable
intellectual property rights to the idea of anyone shooting a photo?"
-Markus
(who thinks that's sick, but obviously not sick enough...)