Ebay - where the sun don't shine (lawsuit)
June 9th, 2015 at 3:39:45 PM
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Had to share this one.
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/06/09/woman-sues-ebay-over-selling-plots-of-land-on-the-sun/21193636/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl17%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-993778491
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/06/09/woman-sues-ebay-over-selling-plots-of-land-on-the-sun/21193636/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl17%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-993778491
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
June 9th, 2015 at 4:58:26 PM
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If she can show me a Patent Grant recorded on the Sun then I will go along with it. Just don't ask me to go there to do the title search.
Too bad she was not sharp enough to reserve the minerals and energy when she sold the deeds, that would be worth a fortune!
Too bad she was not sharp enough to reserve the minerals and energy when she sold the deeds, that would be worth a fortune!
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
June 9th, 2015 at 5:07:11 PM
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Quote: AZDuffmanIf she can show me a Patent Grant recorded on the Sun then I will go along with it.
I think Proxima Centauri would count as prior art. (It's older by about 0.25 billion years :)
"In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563
June 9th, 2015 at 5:10:29 PM
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Quote: MathExtremistI think Proxima Centauri would count as prior art. (It's older by about 0.25 billion years :)
Alright, I'm missing the joke. Can someone explain?
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
June 9th, 2015 at 5:16:27 PM
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You can't get a patent on something unless it's novel, non-obvious, and useful. Sol (the sun) and Proxima Centauri are the two nearest stars to Earth; since Proxima Centauri is older, the sun isn't novel...
Edit: unless you didn't mean "patent grant," but maybe "land grant" or "quitclaim deed" or something...
Edit: unless you didn't mean "patent grant," but maybe "land grant" or "quitclaim deed" or something...
"In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563
June 9th, 2015 at 5:38:28 PM
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June 9th, 2015 at 5:51:21 PM
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Quote: MathExtremist
Edit: unless you didn't mean "patent grant," but maybe "land grant" or "quitclaim deed" or something...
Yes, that is what "patent grant" means. A Patent Owner is the first owner of a piece of land, at least in older parts of the USA. I am not sure if they still used the term, but a person getting 160 acres under the Homestead Act would be the Patent Owner.
Yeah, I bring my work home and live this stuff nerd that I am.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
June 9th, 2015 at 7:40:04 PM
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I work at home so I have it worse than you. :)
And I'm in the intellectual property space so "patent" to me means the rights granted to an inventor under 35 USC 101 et seq. I had no idea that the word also meant something involving land ownership. I would have if I had ever gone to law school...
And I'm in the intellectual property space so "patent" to me means the rights granted to an inventor under 35 USC 101 et seq. I had no idea that the word also meant something involving land ownership. I would have if I had ever gone to law school...
"In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563
