Company Claims Ownership of Digital Messaging 325
An anonymous reader writes "Kootol, yet another patent troll, is going after everyone who makes messaging software for violating their soon-to-be-granted patent, which claims they invented one- and two-way messaging in 2005. From the article: 'Kootol, founded in 2010, says it has a patent license agreement with Yogesh Rathod for control of U.S. Patent Application 11/995,343. Rathod, in fact, is a co-founder of Kootol with his brother Vijay Rathod. According to Kootol, the patent application “covers core messaging, publication and real time searching technology.” Interestingly, the patent in question hasn’t actually been awarded to Kootol or Rathod yet. Rather, The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued “A Notice of Allowance.” That’s the term for when the USPTO says that an applicant is entitled to a patent under the law, but must pay an issue fee (and potentially publication fee) first, within three months.'"
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
In that case you owe me patent royalties, as I invented the digital computer last week.
Surely I have at least as sound a claim as Kootol does.
My eyes! (Score:5, Funny)
They will not stand in my way when I patent:
System of using punctuation marks in order to make blocks of text more readable.
Re:Prior Art? (Score:4, Funny)
It is so utterly, completely obvious that the taxonomic ignification is merely a matter of sorting the knowledge packets according to chromulence, distification, and relevactory mystilience. I therefore award this patent to these geniuses, void all prior art, and entitle them to billions in ransom. Let it be known that this East Texas court is a fair and honest place where all may come and get their just rewards.
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Method and Apparatus for use of SIlicon with additives to create electric motion in order to provide a system of postively charge regions thereafter called 1s and a system of negativly charged regions therafter called 0s in order to create, transmit,produce,transfer,convert,read,translate,display,distinguish,perform arthematic functions upon,simulate,compute information packets in order to allow a human user (HU) the ability to create, transmit,produce,transfer,convert,read,translate,display,distinguish,perform arthematic functions upon,simulate,compute further information packets which are then translated into motion of photons and EM radiation of specific frequencies by use of a 'monitor' in order to give Human Readable (HR) results which the human user (HU) is using.
Re:Prior Art? (Score:5, Funny)
But did they add "with a shiny computer"?