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1. Comment - Certicom Patent Suit Against Sony Threatens to Unravel AACS

   (Jun 5, 2007 - 7:54 PM)

   "In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." -- Chuck Reid
   
   A good point, in theory.
   
   In reality, its not "most people" that could "do themselves a lot of good" by reading about what's SUPPOSED to be patentable, its the USPTO PATENT EXAMINERS:
   
   http://www.theregister.c...s_patent_office_appears/
   
   What is patentable in reality is actually ANYTHING, including concepts, ideas, your DNA, and anything else somebody can think of a way of describing on paper.
   
   Just another example of the horribly broken patent system. While, in theory, I *hate* what Certicom is doing, in practice, I can't help but allowing myself a little chuckle when the ridiculous changes the powerful lobbies have made to the law to suit their own interests, at the expense of the rest of us, come home to roost in an obvious-to-the-rest-of-us way that big company lawyers never seem to be able to predict or plan for ...