Texas newspaper labels Friendster patent as coming of the Apocalypse
From the Dallas-Ft. Worth Star-Telegram:
But the surest sign of the approaching Apocalypse came in June, when a clearly out-of-control U.S. Patent Office allowed “social networking” — most often defined as a bunch of lazy, horny teen-agers looking for an easy way to score — to be patented. I’ll say it again. Social. Networking. Patented. [i.e., the Friendster patent]
It was the sad day when hiding in the basement was given an official government seal of approval.
Social networks have been around since humans were a gaggle of hairy, low-browed savages, defacing the walls of their homes, speaking in guttural, monosyllabic grunts and squatting in the bushes to make a No. 2. And while I might appear to be talking about almost any NASCAR gathering, I am in fact talking about the dawn of civilization.
IPBiz: so will the Friendster patent (US 7,069,308) replace the Smucker "peanut butter and jelly" patent as the poster child for patent reform?
But the surest sign of the approaching Apocalypse came in June, when a clearly out-of-control U.S. Patent Office allowed “social networking” — most often defined as a bunch of lazy, horny teen-agers looking for an easy way to score — to be patented. I’ll say it again. Social. Networking. Patented. [i.e., the Friendster patent]
It was the sad day when hiding in the basement was given an official government seal of approval.
Social networks have been around since humans were a gaggle of hairy, low-browed savages, defacing the walls of their homes, speaking in guttural, monosyllabic grunts and squatting in the bushes to make a No. 2. And while I might appear to be talking about almost any NASCAR gathering, I am in fact talking about the dawn of civilization.
IPBiz: so will the Friendster patent (US 7,069,308) replace the Smucker "peanut butter and jelly" patent as the poster child for patent reform?
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