Comments on: “1. Turn back lights on. 2. Turn front lights on. 3. Position thing on platform. 4. Take picture.”

By: Rusty Bill

Rusty Bill — Mon, 12 May 2014 20:24:34 +0000

Hmm… Think I’m gonna go off and submit the paperwork to copyright, trademark and patent the letter “A”, in all known fonts, styles and materials…

(Do I really need a /sarc tag?)

By: nobody special

nobody special — Mon, 12 May 2014 20:05:29 +0000

“Extensive and narrow”
And ballsy… and don’t forget ridiculous.

By: Speed

Speed — Mon, 12 May 2014 18:05:05 +0000

Is it possible that the people at Amazon submitted this in hopes it would be granted and cause enough of a stir that the patent system would be … repaired?

I note the following from the abstract, “A subject can be photographed and/or filmed on the elevated platform to achieve a desired effect of a substantially seamless background … ”

In the photographic industry, the ” … background that is equivalent to a white background … ” is called, “seamless.” And has been for decades.
http://www.google.com/patents/US8676045

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Mon, 12 May 2014 15:28:18 +0000

Via Twitter from Rachael Lamkin ?(@Rachael_IP):

“Hi Walter. I caution against taking patent analysis from TechDirt seriously. The claims describe the invention and the piece doesn’t even cite same. See claim 1 of patent. Extensive and narrow.”