EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month: Do It with a Computer (opens in new tab)

Similar to the article linked in the post, SCOTUS has started clamping down on these sorts of patents.[0] I suspect this one will also be killed eventually. It's really a shame that the patent office is still giving out these sorts of patents, however, and wasting everyone's time and effort.

[0] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/supreme-court-rul...

hey! nice to get some coverage here. i'm with comingle, one of the companies being sued here. we're building a cache of prior art and are looking for all the help we can get!

They really need to find a way of firing patent examiners who grant these sort of patents. I'm fairly certain that would help reduce the amount of patents granted,

"teledildonics" - nice, I might add this as a skill to my linkedin

Bumper sticker: Trolls do it with computers.

Perhaps someone should patent a process for generating 'do X on a computer' patents?

Computers are intended to automate things, so the prior art is already covered by the very definition of a computer (albeit in an abstract sense).

Note: Some may find the article VUFW (Vaguely Uncomfortable for Work).

So...teledildonics is a word. I'm going to enjoy trying to work this into conversation.

You know, it's really funny that everyone knocks these patents (and rightly so), but the second some service comes up that does the same stuff as has been done before, but suddenly it's "on an app!" that means it's revolutionary, and old regulations shouldn't apply to it.

We must demand and support innovation from the teledildonics sector!