[ic] divine, Inc. patent infringements

Jim Balcom interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Fri Sep 20 18:17:00 2002


On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Robert Brandtjen wrote:

RB>>They're in Chicago, not Arkansas-
RB>>"Representatives of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd shared their experience in using the
RB>>U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new electronic filing system to prepare
RB>>and file patents at a program presented at the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
RB>>Participating in the session, which covered legal, administrative, technical
RB>>and equipment topics, were (from left) Robert Barrett, head of Bell, Boyd's
RB>>Patent Prosecution Group; Intellectual Property Coordinator Renee Street; and
RB>>Internet Systems Analyst Richard Tripp."
RB>>
RB>>They have found a neat way to file patents up the yin-yang, and a new revenue
RB>>source.

I suppose that they have patented the way that poop comes out of the poop
chute, too! Each person has to pay a yearly license fee or they can't poop
any more. (That's a joke! [I think])

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