OH, and this…
“If all goes IBM’s way, it’ll soon constitute patent infringement if Bennigan’s gives you a free lunch for being inconvenienced by a long wait for your meal. Big Blue is seeking a patent for its Method and Structure for Automated Crediting to Customers for Waiting, the purported ‘invention’ of three IBM researchers, which IBM notes, ‘could be implemented completely devoid of computerization or automation of any kind.’ Can we count on IBM to withdraw this patent claim, or will Big Blue weasel out of its patent reform pledge again?”[source]
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You ain’t seen nothin’ yet:http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6368227.htmlhttp://www.freepatentsonline.com/5443036.html
Which is why either the Congress or the Courts have to finally get real and declare all “methods” patents to be null and void, as the bullshit they are. Patenting ideas has never been and is not now, a good idea. And if the computer industry (oh, sorry, the “IT” industry) doesn’t like it, they can go scratch. (Using, no doubt, my patented scratching method…)