and patent trolls strike

[the founder]

A quick Google Patent Search shows that their are dozens of patents involving Bitcoin.

Many apply to gaming and Bitcoin, for example this appears to be a patent regarding a Satoshi Dice type game.

This guys want to monopolize the idea of buying books with bitcoins.

http://www.adaptiveglass.com/?p=787

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[Matthew N. Wright]

For those who don't like link bait from authors to their own "articles". (It always bothered me a bit that Roger Wehb aka "The Founder" would always link to his own blog posts, announcing them in the second person as if they were news items he just discovered. Really Roger, it's creepy. Cut it out.)

A quick Google Patent Search shows that their are dozens of patents involving Bitcoin.

Many apply to gaming and Bitcoin, for example this appears to be a patent regarding a Satoshi Dice type game.

This guys want to monopolize the idea of buying books with bitcoins.

These guys want to monopolize the idea of subscriptions in bitcoin.

The end result is a few of them listed in that patent search could already be labeled patent trolls, as the concepts and implimentations have been out there from before their patent submission.

Enjoy the new reality. Bitcoin is going to be the next patent war.

If anyone else would like to search Google for patent documents, use https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts (3 pages for keyword "bitcoin")

US specific: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html (2 items for keyword "bitcoin")

It is pretty hilarious that some people would think that registering patents in relation to bitcoin-- something used mostly anonymously by people who enjoy breaking the law as a form of protest-- would somehow stop bitcoiners from doing..well, anything they're already doing.

[greyhawk]

For those who don't like link bait from authors to their own "articles". (It always bothered me a bit that Roger Wehb aka "The Founder" would always link to his own blog posts, announcing them in the second person as if they were news items he just discovered. Really Roger, it's creepy. Cut it out.)

No, no, let him do it. It's useful to remind me to never trust him or anything he writes.

[the founder]

Why do you guys both discredit what I publish,  then at the same time start commenting and discussing it?

The facts are that people are filing patents,  to what end I am not sure,  but I am guessing they are up to no good.

[greyhawk]

Why do you guys both discredit what I publish,  then at the same time start commenting and discussing it?

Are you seeing words in my post that I'm not seeing?



It would explain so much.

[the founder]

I was talking about your other username, Matt Wright.

[greyhawk]

I was talking about your other username, Matt Wright.

Oh, that one. Yeah, I'm inconsistent with that one. Gotta hand it to you.

[Matthew N. Wright]

Why do you guys both discredit what I publish,  then at the same time start commenting and discussing it?

Are you seeing words in my post that I'm not seeing?



It would explain so much.

I'm discussing hawks now. Remember the old Anime show something like "Sky Hawks" where they wore what seemed like shitty halloween costumes and jumped around like speed racer, talking too fast? That's what I think of everytime I see your name greyhawk. Someone jumping around like speed racer and talking too fast. Next thing we know we'll find a dead child and chimp in your trunk. Interesting note, "hawk" is an expression in Korea that means basically "holy shit".

For the language learning inclined, I'll use it in a sentence.

"헉, 그는 미쳐졌네~"

Roughly translates to "Holy shit, he's lost his mind."

[greyhawk]

Why do you guys both discredit what I publish,  then at the same time start commenting and discussing it?

Are you seeing words in my post that I'm not seeing?



It would explain so much.

I'm discussing hawks now. Remember the old Anime show something like "Sky Hawks" where they wore what seemed like shitty halloween costumes and jumped around like speed racer, talking too fast? That's what I think of everytime I see your name greyhawk. Someone jumping around like speed racer and talking too fast. Next thing we know we'll find a dead child and chimp in your trunk. Interesting note, "hawk" is an expression in Korea that means basically "holy shit".

헉.

Why would you tell me that. I know that. You're my alt after all. 

[misterbigg]

I was talking about your other username, Matt Wright.

gayhawk is Matt Wright?

[greyhawk]

I was talking about your other username, Matt Wright.

gayhawk is Matt Wright?

Oh, come on. You missed the opportunity to call me a hog as in gayhog.


I can't work like this. 

[misterbigg]

Oh, come on. You missed the opportunity to call me a hog as in gayhog.
I can't work like this. 

Fucking AUTOCORRECT ugh!!!!!!!!

[greyhawk]

Install swiftkey. Problem solved. 

[Matthew N. Wright]

Install swiftkey. Problem solved. 

I couldn't use Swiftkey on my Android tablet. It lagged far too much.

[greyhawk]

Install swiftkey. Problem solved. 

I couldn't use Swiftkey on my Android tablet. It lagged far too much.

You can't disagree with me. We're supposed to be the same person. People will think we've got multiple personality disorder.

[tom_o]

Topic? GTF back on it or GTFO?

Back to OP, interesting but not surprising.

[greyhawk]

Topic? GTF back on it or GTFO?

You're not the boss of me, Dad. *storms out, slams door* 

[tom_o]

Topic? GTF back on it or GTFO?

You're not the boss of me, Dad. *storms out, slams door* 

  You're grounded! But stay outside for now

[Mike Christ]

So this is how one logs enough posts to be come a Hero Member!

No, this is:

Interesting.

[Shad3dOne]

o rly?

...interesting.