Halliburton Tries To Patent Form Of Patent Trolling
from the fascinating dept
We see all sorts of ridiculous patent applications and patents, but my favorites tend to be the patents that have to do with patents themselves (such as the patent app on a method for filing a patent). However, the folks over at Patently-O have highlighted a fascinating patent application from an attorney at Halliburton, which appears to be an attempt to patent the process of patent trolling. The application covers, quite explicitly, having a company (we'll say Company A) that does not invent something, find a company (Company B) that did invent something, but chose to use trade secret protection, rather than patents. Then, the Company A files a patent covering Company B's technology, and then use the issued patent to get money out of Company B.![halliburton patent](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/3009387113_514d56960e.jpg)
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Nah, it can't be
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Halliburton ?
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1st Order of business for Obama
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Re: 1st Order of business for Obama
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Other Pending Patents from Halliburton
-> Recruitment techniques used to recruit truck drivers for supply line across an unsecured war zone.
-> The method of placing a puppet in the white house/pentagon.
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Re: Other Pending Patents from Halliburton
In regards to patenting "The method of placing a puppet in the White House / Pentagon" .
There will be no need.
The people of Islam, beat them to it.
Since they will be pulling the strings in the VERY near future, the whole patent process might be a moot point.
I don't know about you, but I'm not sure if they will uphold ANY patents, or ideas, not dealing directly with their views.
Some might say that I am over reacting, but I feel that a lot of weird things are about to take place. And guess who will be caught in the middle, you got it , us !
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Re: Re: Other Pending Patents from Halliburton
Using old and tired repub propoganda - typical troll.
It seems that ALL religious fanantics do not like the pres elect.
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Re: Re: Other Pending Patents from Halliburton
You are patently fearful!!!
I hope that one day you will get tired of making yourself
miserable!!
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Re: Re: Other Pending Patents from Halliburton
Well, which is it, you moronic snot? Is he a muslim who's been FAKING his interest for the last 20 years in a church run by a crazyman, or is he a 20-year follower in a church run by a crazyman?
John Stuart Mill said this 150 years ago and it's just as true today:
"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid but most stupid people are conservative."
*sigh*
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Yeah, cause everybody knows the democrats are the enemies of our country.
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Re: Other Pending Patents from Halliburton
I just want you to notice that Al-Quaeda was officially supporting McCain, because the Republicans have done so much for them by facilitating recruiting and giving them all the visibility they needed. Economy is at the center of most war, and Al Quaeda would never have been able to destroy it without the dedicated support of the Bush administration and 2 costly wars on terrorism that could never be won and that created lots of tensions between the USA and the rest of the world.
A war that could not be won? Sorry, I forgot that the Taliban does have some winning chance, if the US economy get destroyed and have to give up being the main world leader, just like England had to do in the past. On the other hand, I don't like much the idea of seeing China as the next world leader.
Now with Obama, a settlement with the Taliban (something unavoidable sooner or later) will finally be possible. Together with some other initiatives, the tension between the US and the rest of the world might significantly go down and so will the number of your enemies (which I am not, just in case that would cross your mind).
Wait a second. You just applied for a patent about the process of declaring a war to a nation that have done no direct wrong to the US. And how to do this using the processes of lies, false information, FUD and changing the motive for the war in the middle as it fits at the moment while getting funded by the Oil and the Weapon industry players. Sorry for underestimating you: it was a great and very lucrative idea.
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Re: Re: Other Pending Patents from Halliburton
ignoring your interesting use of commas, what exactly are you saying here? Obama is a puppet of "the people of islam", who will take control of the patent office? And they will purge patents/ideas that are not muslim?
>_>
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1 Try doors of houses
2 If doors open enter and remove valuables
3 Sell said valuables back to householder
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1:Steal credit card info
2:Go shopping
3:Sell goods for checks which you can then deposit in the bank account
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Halliburton's
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Elizabeth Dole
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prior art
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Unemployed losers on this site: Patents are here to stay!
1. Patents are here to stay. Nothing this blog says or does will ever change that.
2. Most of the posters, I bet, have never invented anything in their lives, much less patented it.
3. I have money because of many patents I own. You don't.
4. I win. You lose.
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Re: Unemployed losers on this site: Patents are here to stay!
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/11/ipmarketplace.shtm
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Re: Unemployed losers on this site: Patents are here to stay!
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Please don't feed the troll!
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Re: Please don't feed the troll!
I've noticed that this happens in cycles- perhaps it's nearing a full moon again. There was a long list of troll/flamebait in the "Bad Jurors" story too.
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Re: Please don't feed the troll!
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Re: Unemployed losers on this site: Patents are here to stay!
1. Patents are here to stay. Nothing this blog says or does will ever change that.
2. Most of the posters, I bet, have never invented anything in their lives, much less patented it.
3. I have money because of many patents I own. You don't.
4. I win. You lose.
You don't win. If you have 12 million dollars, and your idea of fun is trolling a blog, you practically define losing.
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Re: Re: Unemployed losers on this site: Patents are here to stay!
BMW - 42k
Gold digging whores - 500 dollars (each)
A real social life - Priceless
they're are some things money cant buy, for everything else their is visa check card (even herpes meds)
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Re: Unemployed losers on this site: Patents are here to stay!
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Re: Unemployed losers on this site: Patents are here to stay!
"I am a wealthy, white male with a portfolio well over $12 million. I laugh out loud when reading this bullshit blog and its spit in the wind attempt to change patent laws.
1. Patents are here to stay. Nothing this blog says or does will ever change that.
2. Most of the posters, I bet, have never invented anything in their lives, much less patented it.
3. I have money because of many patents I own. You don't.
4. I win. You lose."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF8wLg5Asgo&feature=related
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RE: Unemployed losers...
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Why does this come as a surprise?
In reviewing the patent, it seems to rely heavily on intervention between companies. Could this be a repositioning of a political philosophy of intervention into something that could possibly relate to a business model?
Just the very existence of this patent is foreshadowing.
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Re: Why does this come as a surprise?
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Money can't buy worse business ethics than this patent
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Re: Money can't buy worse business ethics than this patent
I LOLed so hard.
It's OKAY if you break a secrets agreement if you file a publicity-viewable patent!
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Unemployed lo0zers!!!!!!11
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Nice
Jess
www.anolite.echoz.com
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Yes!
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Whats that you say? This isnt how the patent system is supposed to work? It's really being used as a bludgeon to stifle innovation, silence dissent and competitors, and lock up inventions and ANY derivative from ever being used or expanded upon by anyone else? And the Govt supports this, because they are owned by their coporate masters? Surely, this is what the founding fathers had in mind all along? Right?
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Teddy Hedenquist
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4. I win. You lose.
Congratulations on being the bestest, richest, winningest person on the whole internetz.
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Not sure... but he is certainly a puppet of the big bankers, who pretty much run eveything, regardless of who's actually in office.
New puppet, same puppet masters.
"The real truth of the matter is...that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson..."
—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933
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oh geeesh
If this is a representative sample of american population then it is no wonder that everything is so fucked up
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http://www.heavy.com/video/60139#/channel/1161
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More Power To Them
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??
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.....continuation
PS- Pretty funny that I was linked to this by a fellow IP Professional =)
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And you claim to have a free market?
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The Filer of this patent does not understand patents
Now, if a company starts handing out trade secrets to just any old person that comes along - they deserve what they get. If, on the other hand, they hand out the trade secrets to someone that signed a non-disclosure, who then goes and patents that idea - well the lawyers get rich in those cases.
This is just a stupid idea that someone submitted to the patent office. It is not like it will actually RECEIVE a patent (or, even if it did, if that process could actually be used).
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Re: The Filer of this patent does not understand patents
Yeah, patent lawyers are stupid like that.
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Surely this
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/Agree
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Polo Outlet
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