At last: Filing patents is been patented!

Just before the end of last year, a gaping hole has been closed in the struggle to turn the world in a lawyer’s playground: IBM has filed a patent that patents filing patents.

Whenever you apply for a new patent, you’ll have to pay royalties to IBM! It’s like the invention of the self-printing money! Well done! 🙂

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  1. At last: Filing patents is been patented! says:
    11. January, 2011 at 11:49

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