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Can they do that?; Cingular patents the Emoticon
Topic Started: Jan 26 2006, 01:03 PM (129 Views)
George K
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Finally
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2575

Cingular patents the Emoticon :-(

To be honest, I’ve never been a huge fan of the emoticon. When harmless they are cute, when used at the end of a rude comment like “just kidding!” they seem hostile. But for the most part, they are a part of Internet culture ever since email began zinging around. Today, if you can believe it, I found out that Cingular is going to patent the emoticon. As far-fetched as that sound, in this era of Amazon owning “the one-click” and RIM battling for the ability to send Blackberry email, patent law is scary and not even close to overheating. The patent number is US2006015812 if you want to look it up.

We say: Why stop there? Why not patent BTW and ROTFL and RTFM?
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Didn't Bill Gates patent "1" and "0"?
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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John D'Oh
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They can patent it, but they'll have a hard time making any claim of infringement stick, IMHO. Of course, I don't even look like a lawyer, I don't have a dorsal fin for a start. (Just kidding :-) :-) )
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George K
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Are we not men?
(it's really scary that I was able to read that pretty easily!)
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

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- Klaus, 4/29/18
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