12 Apr
2019
12 Apr
'19
11:43 p.m.
On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:23:29 -0700, "Scott Weeks" said:
2004 - "Patent awarded for GeoLocation"
I'd be interested in learning about how well that one works!
Under US law, ideas submitted for patent need be "non-obvious". There's no requirement they actually be a good idea. Though I guess that it should prevent the patenting of obvious bad ideas - but $DEITY knows there's plenty of subtly flawed concepts out there.... (And there's ample evidence that the USPTO is on occasion challenged by the "obviousness" requirement...)