Posts from ‘September, 2008’

Intel folks did NOT invent the term "patent troll"

On a much more stale item (from an August 29 post in your blog), I find it funny that no one seems to be able to give proper credit to the person who actually was the first to use the term ” patent troll.” It looks to me like it wasn’t …

Apple declares war on sneaker hackers

Today, reports New Scientist, Apple has applied for a patent to – no joke – extend digital rights management to tennis shoes and other articles of clothing. “What is desired,” the patent application says, “is a method of electronically ..