Lawyers STEAL all Bitcoin - patent inside YIKES

[Spendulus]

Have a look at what they are trying to do to us now. Another sleeze lawyer has patented virtual coin making.

http://www.google.com/patents/US20130054471

 

Maybe maybe not, he's not tried to do anything against you or us or anyone at this time, right?  Could be just some guy that thought he'd came up with a good idea and patented it.

Yeah, of course Satoki is prior art - and there is much other prior art, too.

But the patent troll is defined by his actions, not his alleged intellectual property.

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[btceic]

Perhaps we should patent the bitcoin system ourselves and lic. it under a GPL/MIT or whatever lic. or do we already have this?

@MSantori, from a legal perspective, what is your take on this?

[MSantori]

Perhaps we should patent the bitcoin system ourselves and lic. it under a GPL/MIT or whatever lic. or do we already have this?

@MSantori, from a legal perspective, what is your take on this?

I am, regrettably, not a patent attorney.  I can assist with many different aspects of a start-up's legal requirements, but patent is not one of them.  I get patent questions all the time, and I feel like I need to turn in my geek card when I can't answer them.