Okay, this being reported as fact on several web sites, but I’m seriously hoping it’s someone’s clever joke and TechDirt and Engadget fell for it.
This is what I hope, anyway.
Apparently, someone has just obtained a patent for a smart phone, that’s a “mobile entertainment and communication device” and is now suing RIM, Nokia, HTC, Sony Erricson, Motorola and um, basically every cell phone and PDA maker you can think of…
Assuming this is true (I’m still clinging to hope that it’s a sick prank) I’m hoping this will be the proverbial straw the breaks the camel’s back and U.S. courts will finally put an end to this twisted practice of “patent trolling.”
If not, I may just have to go out and patent a “system for managing web site content that places posts chronologically on a web page.” That’s right, I’m gonna patent blogging and you’re ALL going to have to pay me! Mawhahahaha….
…sometimes I disgust myself.
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