EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month: Do It with a Computer

Similar to the article linked in the post, SCOTUS has started clamping down on these sorts of patents.[0] I suspect this one will also be killed eventually. It&#x27;s really a shame that the patent office is still giving out these sorts of patents, however, and wasting everyone&#x27;s time and effort.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;supreme-court-ruling-has-wiped-out-11-do-it-on-a-computer-patents-so-far&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;supreme-court-rul...</a>

hey! nice to get some coverage here. i&#x27;m with comingle, one of the companies being sued here. we&#x27;re building a cache of prior art and are looking for all the help we can get!

They really need to find a way of firing patent examiners who grant these sort of patents. I&#x27;m fairly certain that would help reduce the amount of patents granted,

&quot;teledildonics&quot; - nice, I might add this as a skill to my linkedin

Bumper sticker: Trolls do it with computers.

Perhaps someone should patent a process for generating &#x27;do X on a computer&#x27; patents?

Computers are intended to automate things, so the prior art is already covered by the very definition of a computer (albeit in an abstract sense).

Note: Some may find the article VUFW (Vaguely Uncomfortable for Work).

So...teledildonics is a word. I&#x27;m going to enjoy trying to work this into conversation.

You know, it&#x27;s really funny that everyone knocks these patents (and rightly so), but the second some service comes up that does the same stuff as has been done before, but suddenly it&#x27;s &quot;on an app!&quot; that means it&#x27;s revolutionary, and old regulations shouldn&#x27;t apply to it.

We must demand and support innovation from the teledildonics sector!