IBM patent trolling patent application

Re:IBM patent trolling patent application by cube13 on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @01:39PM (#2759769)

IBM hasn't gotten the patent yet. It's been filed, but doesn't appear to have been awarded yet.

I'm divided over this. On one hand, it's a bullshit patent that shouldn't be awarded to them, like all business process patents. So getting the patent would be a pretty bad thing.

On the other hand, it would destroy the entire patent troll industry, especially if IBM used it offensively. That would be a great thing.

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Re:IBM patent trolling patent application by powertower on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @02:17PM (#2759943)

I think the prior art would rule this one null and void.

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Re:IBM patent trolling patent application by stcredzero on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @03:48PM (#2760354)

And yet, what does the data say about US patents and prior art?

It says: We developers are #^¢&ed!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click

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Re:IBM patent trolling patent application by powertower on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @06:33PM (#2760949)

The 1-click was granted in 1999, which I can't remember anyone doing for shopping carts back then.

1999 was still the hay days of the internet and merchants weren’t really making the checkout/buy process easy.

The 1-click is a good example of maybe an obvious method being patented rather than ignoring prior art.

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