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Sep. 14th, 2008 05:10 pmSlashdot | Apple Declares DRM War On Sneaker Hackers:
Some people,' the patent application observes, 'have taken it upon themselves to remove the sensor from the special pocket of the [iPod-linked] Nike+ shoe and place it at inappropriate locations (shoelaces, for example) or place it on non-Nike+ model shoes.'Помнится, еще в начале 90х, после первого столкновения с аппаратными средствами защиты программ от нелицензионного копирования, мы обсуждали идею холодильника, который работает только при условии, что в нем лежит специальная ключевая колбаса. Интересно, сохранились ли какие-то документальные свидетельства, можно было бы подать в суд на Apple за prior art...
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Date: 2008-09-16 08:46 am (UTC)http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/15/crowdsourcing.patents.ap/index.html
Program brings Web's collective wisdom to patent process
Story Highlights
An experimental program aims to give the public more of a voice in the patent system
The program, Peer-to-Patent, publishes patent applications on the Web for all to see
Anyone with relevant expertise -- academics, even potential rivals -- can offer input
Program taps the wisdom of the masses to make better decisions about inventions
Some of the biggest players in the technology industry complain that the U.S. patent system is broken -- putting too many patents of dubious merit in the hands of people who can use them to drag companies and other inventors to court. .....