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Stupid Patent Of The Month: Mega-Troll Intellectual Ventures Hits Florist With Do-It-On-A-Computer Scheduling Patent

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This month, Intellectual Ventures filed some fresh lawsuits against targets including JCPenney, Sally Beauty, and flower delivery service Florists' Transworld Delivery. We checked out the asserted patents to see if any deserved our Stupid Patent of the Month award. All were worthy candidates, but one in particular stood out.

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Ridcully ·
Well, mine did as I read the story. The comments are well worth a read. I'd throw in another question in so far as why isn't this troll being charged in the USA courts with criminal extortion ? I seem to recall vaguely that this "patent"seems reminiscent of something that was tried on business procedures and whiteboards - and it was eventually struck out as I remember. Certainly the patents office needs its backside kicked in my humble opinion.

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