by Jeff Yablon | Jun 17, 2010 | Development
Remember back in February when Facebook was awarded United States Patent 7669123 for Social Networking? Remember how little sense that made? Well, our friends at the United States Patents and Trademarks Office have set the bar for stupidity even higher. Friends, I...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 25, 2010 | Business Process, Content
Who Wants a Patent? Because they seem to be getting handed out for just about anything. I’ve long believed that in general software patents are a very bad idea. This week the United States Patents and Trademarks Office set a new record for calling something...