How Dare SAP Create Computerized Catalogs Without Paying The Patent Troll
from the obviousness-test dept
SAP is the latest firm hit with a patent suit from EPlus, the company that went after Ariba earlier this year. The patents in question seem to be about as obvious as they come. It's a system for searching through some computerized catalogs, checking availability and presenting the results. It's hard to see how this isn't a natural progression of technology and quite obvious to... just about everyone. Does anyone really think that SAP needed to "steal" this idea? We keep being told this is innovation, but it certainly seems a lot like a few lawyers getting rich at the expense of real research and development.
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Well that's quite inventive. Next farmers will come under fire for producing crops for which agrochemical companies own patents for, such as corn.
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Obvious patents
Check the bottom of a Domino's Pizza box next time you order. It's a box. It's patented.
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On that note, the glued Taco Bell taco holding paper are patented I think twice. I'd love to see the complete details of that patent. How worthless.
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Not only that, after having worked at both Dominoes and a box manufacturer, I can honestly say that the dominoes box is identical to almost every other pizza box out there.
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A rabbit and a beaver are looking up at the Boulder Dam. The beaver is saying: "I didn't actually build it, but it's based on my idea."
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I thought Domino's pizza boxes were octagonal in shape? If yes, then, they are different from the typical square/rectangular pizza box.
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Check this link for pizza box patents:
http://www.correllconcepts.com/patents.htm
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