Comments on: Halliburton tries to patent patent trolling itself

By: csh

csh — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Come on – you think no one at Haliburton has a sense of humor?! Patent applications get filed without much review all the time and this fellow is taking advantage of that fact for a in-joke. Who the hell wouldn’t want that engraved plaque on their wall for having the actual patent on this process!

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

bet the idea came from SAIC.

By: Baldhead

Baldhead — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Never understood how a non- inventor patent was legal. A patent for saying “You know what would be cool? Rocket Boots.” And then getting money when someone actually makes functional rocket boots? Does this not sound like pure- grade BS?

By: jonathan_v

jonathan_v — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ha ha ha.

As an inventor and supporter of IP rights, the ridiculousness of this made my day.

1- This is the exact kind of crap that is being thrown out by the Bilski decision ( re: abstract concepts / business methods ) — including the ‘performing research using a computer’ line, which doesn’t pass the machine or transformation test in the least bit ( ‘performing research’ is so abstract, and its a method ).

2- It’s not even close to be novel.

Halliburton must be swimming in no-bid Iraq War contract cash to waste their time on this bullshit.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

how China laughs.

By: Bray_beast

Bray_beast — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I had no idea that you could patent a business procedure. That is what’s going on here, right?
And this is due to the “Bilski decision”?
Looks like I got some internetting to do.

By: AceJohnny

AceJohnny — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

No no no, you’re not seeing the positive aspect of this application! Once they get this patent granted, no-one (else) can be patent trolls anymore! It’s awesome!

By: Phikus

Phikus — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Just one more (hopefully last) attempt to say “fuck you” from our vampiric overlords.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

There could be more to this than meets the eye. For example, one good way to keep things from being patented (world-wide) is to put it in to the patent prior art. One way to do this is to file for a patent and allowing it to publish.

By: Red Leatherman

Red Leatherman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I had no idea that you could patent a business procedure.

Patent rights on seeds keeps coming to mind when I read this.
The law stated that life couldn’t be given a patent at one time.

It is just as likely that Halliburton can very well possibly succeed in securing this patent.

By: Locobot

Locobot — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Just wait until my company patents the process of patenting the patent acquisition and assertion process thereby adding a third (and certainly insurmountable) legal GOLDMINE!

By: Simon Cameron

Simon Cameron — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This patent would be a wonderful idea, provided it was in the hands of a group which sued patent trolls.

By: shutz

shutz — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

#4 and #7 : We think alike. We should let this go through. If only one company can be patent trolls, things should go a lot smoother with the rest of the patent situation.

Kind of reminds of one of last week’s XKCD strips:

http://xkcd.org/504/

By: crashsystems

crashsystems — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

After doing a little research, I discovered a connection between Halliburton and Microsoft:

http://crashsystems.net/2008/11/microburton/

By: musofire

musofire — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

While Halliburton is an Evil Corporation, this seems primarily intended to protect the corporation from patent trolls. If anyone patent trolls them, they countersue for violating their patent on patent trolling.

By: cstatman

cstatman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Phase 3 – PROFIT!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants_Gnomes