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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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