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techdirt.com - 11/8/2008
Halliburton Tries To Patent Form Of Patent Trolling
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from the fascinating dept We see all sorts of ridiculous patent applications and patents, but my favorites tend to be the patents that have to do with patents themselves (such as the patent app on a method for filing a patent). However, the folks over at Patently-O have highlighted a fascinating ...

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Halliburton attempts to patent patent-trolling
Futurismic — You’ve heard of patent-trolling, right? The process whereby one business finds another company that has protected an invention as a trade secret, then reverse engineers that secret, patents it and sues the original inventors? Well, those lovely folk at Halliburton have attempted to patent that patent-trolling process. This is surely where zen, irony and corporate chutzpah meet. ...

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