Re: Patents - Oddest

I was reminded by a private e-mail that the below could be considered as spoiler for some people (depending on how they see it). For those who are already spoiled by the below, my apology. For those who do not want to be spoiled, don't skip to the cited pages without reading from the beginning.

On 7/26/05, Joseph Pietro Riolo <josephpietrojeungriolo[_at_]gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you are thinking of patenting daydream charms, they are already
> patented...by Fred and George Weasley (p. 117 in the latest book
> "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"). :-) While I am on the
> book, it was too bad that Professor Snape did not patent his
> inventions (p. 604) and therefore, he couldn't legally prevent
> Harry Potter from using his inventions, assuming that there
> exists the system of intellectually property rights in the
> Wizarding community. :-)

(While I am criticizing my own post, the word "intellectually" in my original post should be "intellectual".)

By the way, I thought that some of you may find it funny that there is a patent on lawsuit board game. :-) The patent number is 6,805,351.

Joseph Pietro Riolo
<josephpietrojeungriolo[_at_]gmail.com>
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>

Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Wed Jul 27 2005 - 01:30:30 GMT