7 yr old patents way to swing!

[Dravyk]

No, we don't need no patent reform, now do we?


The patent office granted a patent to a 7-year-old boy last year who claimed to have invented a new way to swing on a playground swing, though the boy's father said he does not intend to enforce it.

http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1067879232.html


At this point, I literally invision an office full of chimps swinging around with rubber stamps!!


More from the article:

The Federal Trade Commission declined comment on the merits of existing patents but said, "For future issues, it will be highly desirable to consider possible harms to competition . . . before extending the scope of patentable subject matter."


The FTC, the patent office, no one can do anything about present and past patent issues without there being a RETROACTIVE Patent Reform Bill passed. So real nice they are finally getting a clue, but taking care of future shit isn't enough to curb this or help us.

It has to be retroactive and a complete reexamination of frivilous patents already licensed. And yes, they would do it, because expensive as it might be, it is, again, nothing compared to amount of money that would go to court cases, loss of employment, impact on the economy and more.