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backIBM Patents Congestion Pricing Via thenewspaper.com, here is another example of why patents on software and business practices should never have been allowed.
IBM has been granted a patent on a system which would monitor vehical traffic on the "premium" lanes of a toll road (presumeably using EZPass-type technology) and automatically adjust prices for those lanes to ensure they don't become congested. Quite an innovation. I'm going to sit down and write a script which uses information on housing prices and zip codes to advise merchants on how much to charge customers in those zip code areas. Then I can get a patent on price discrimination, too. [Posted at 04/08/2008 07:45 AM by Stephen Spear on Software Comments I'd like to see this blog post more on Software Patent abuse. I'm a software engineer, and its pretty sad how patent trolls can enforce obvious patents. Then companies have to file defensive bogus patents on obvious techniques, because competitors are filing bogus patents. [Comment at 08/04/2008 10:52 AM by Mike Tynan] Submit Comment |
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 Most Recent Comments IP is not a joke Bill:
Absolutely. Parody and satire are protected under fair use. Mad Magazine (among many at 02/09/2010 05:41 AM by Anonymous
IP is not a joke Couldn't it be used under the fair use at 02/08/2010 03:22 PM by Bill Stepp
Goldman does in AIG, you, and me Predatory Lending is a major contributor to the economic turmoil we are currently at 02/08/2010 03:07 PM by jmb27
Common Sense Seth - I'm not sure how your comment @ 5:57pm casts any illumination on your earlier position. If I at 02/08/2010 02:03 PM by Justin Levine
Lessig: Congress is broken and Obama has failed Anon, state granted monopolies are effectively licenses for corporations to collect taxes on at 02/08/2010 01:50 PM by Crosbie Fitch
Lessig: Congress is broken and Obama has failed It does seem strange to me that when we are faced with the possibility of a 23 trillion dollar at 02/08/2010 01:18 PM by Anonymous
The Patent, Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Secret Horror Files Fred, I recognise that 'natural monopoly' may have a more specialised meaning for economists, and at 02/08/2010 07:19 AM by Crosbie Fitch
Lessig: Congress is broken and Obama has failed Fred, I'm doing something immediately. I'm working on the Contingency Market. this is something at 02/08/2010 06:53 AM by Crosbie Fitch
The Patent, Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Secret Horror Files @Crosbie: I agree *natural monopolies* do exist, despite any tendency for SK and Bill Stepp to shut at 02/07/2010 10:21 PM by Fred McTaker
Lessig: Congress is broken and Obama has failed I thank John Bennett for this post, and for the quality of his posts here in general. I've been at 02/07/2010 09:02 PM by Fred McTaker
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