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EFF Inaugurates "Stupid Patent of the Month" | |
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Offer Upgrade User ID: 61094430 United States 08/04/2014 09:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to arstechnica.com] "A blog post by EFF lawyer Vera Ranieri, supplies a legalese-free description of just what the now-monopolized method is: a. take a telephone call from patient b. record patient info in a patient file c. send patient information to a doctor, ask the doctor if she wants to talk to the patient d. call the patient back and transfer the call to the doctor e. record the call f. add the recorded call to the patient file and send to doctor g. do steps a–f with a computer The original patent actually just had steps A-F, and it was appropriately rejected. Then, step G was added, and the rejection went away." -Why are you wearing that stupid man suit? :armouredkitten: |
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