EFF To Fight Dubious Patents 140
theodp writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation launched a campaign on Monday to overturn patents that it says are having a chilling effect on public and consumer interests. The ten patents initially cited as problematic by the EFF Patent Busting Project are: one-click online shopping, online shopping carts, hyperlinking, video streaming, internationalizing domain names, pop-up windows, targeted banner ads, paying with a credit card online, framed browsing, and affiliate linking. Maybe this will prompt former EFF Board Member Tim O'Reilly to share that killer piece of 1-click prior art that's sitting on his bookshelf!"
Here's my chance! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Here's my chance! (Score:3, Funny)
that anonymous coward guy has A LOT of prior art...
It's funny when the patent website... (Score:4, Funny)
More patents. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Here's my chance! (Score:5, Funny)
Congratulations on your first post.
You are hereby granted patent no. 7,152,654; "Expression for totally useless posting at the top of a comment thread."
While some of your slashdot friends may complain that there was prior art for this, you do not have to worry. It's our word against theirs.
We don't bother to research this stuff out anyway, and quite frankly we don't care.
Sincerely,
The US patent office.
Software patents: not all bad? (Score:5, Funny)
You mean the fuckheads who design websites full of this sort of garbage could be forced to cough up swingeing royalties for the privilege of polluting the internet? Almost makes me want to support software patents....
Re:Post your prior art proof now! (Score:2, Funny)