Re:Amazon has patented the milkman, etc.
by j-g-faustus on Sunday February 10, 2013 @02:27AM
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It's the only explanation I can find for the fact that patents like this are approved :)
(My alternative hypothesis revolves around evil conspiracies to extend property rights into the realm of generic ideas, with the aim to create a modern equivalent to the medieval landed gentry who can get rich entirely by rent-seeking[1]. All in all, I prefer the "examiners don't understand what they approve" explanation :)
(My alternative hypothesis revolves around evil conspiracies to extend property rights into the realm of generic ideas, with the aim to create a modern equivalent to the medieval landed gentry who can get rich entirely by rent-seeking[1]. All in all, I prefer the "examiners don't understand what they approve" explanation :)
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking