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shousa · 03-17-2009, 07:33 PM

I looked through the PDF.

So roughly a patent is given about the same time the actual kindle is released.

Does this not mean that the kindle's plans were made well before the patent was lodged?

Can someone state in a patent, "I patent an ebook with wireless" so then all others cannot make it?

What if (a) the circuitry is either standard (lets face it wireless not new technology) which means it was going to be done anyway that way or (b) the kindle went about it their own way? - does this mean the patent still can be enforced? If it can then it makes no sense to me.

If that is the way it works how about this: "I hereby patent a device which will <insert everything you can think of here> eg anti-gravity belt, pen that does not use ink, car which is nuclear, dog kennel with automatic door, toilet which makes a burping sound, business tie which ties itself, shoes with air-conditioning, hat with bird waste deflector, laser gun steak cooker etc etc.

Right now all I need to do is sit back and watch the money come in!

The US with all the "suing" for this and that which goes on seems insane from the rest of the world's perspective (many cannot eat well, even developed countries don't seem to have this issue like the US does).

03-17-2009, 07:33 PM	#19
shousa Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 232 Join Date: May 2006	I looked through the PDF. So roughly a patent is given about the same time the actual kindle is released. Does this not mean that the kindle's plans were made well before the patent was lodged? Can someone state in a patent, "I patent an ebook with wireless" so then all others cannot make it? What if (a) the circuitry is either standard (lets face it wireless not new technology) which means it was going to be done anyway that way or (b) the kindle went about it their own way? - does this mean the patent still can be enforced? If it can then it makes no sense to me. If that is the way it works how about this: "I hereby patent a device which will <insert everything you can think of here> eg anti-gravity belt, pen that does not use ink, car which is nuclear, dog kennel with automatic door, toilet which makes a burping sound, business tie which ties itself, shoes with air-conditioning, hat with bird waste deflector, laser gun steak cooker etc etc. Right now all I need to do is sit back and watch the money come in! The US with all the "suing" for this and that which goes on seems insane from the rest of the world's perspective (many cannot eat well, even developed countries don't seem to have this issue like the US does). Last edited by shousa; 03-17-2009 at 07:41 PM.