Posted on 04/04/2006 10:59:40 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
You can patent a business practice? Who knew? Perhaps Microsoft should go back and patent its practices and avoid all that monopoly stuff.
M$ has a patent for "tabbed browsing" and "double click." I think eBay has the "buy now" button patented.
Who knew !? Man - that *crap* has been going on forever. You think it's a coincidence that there's a childrens play area only in a McDonalds ? I've yet to see one in another fast food restaurant.
By the way, in my opinion, business practice patents are *complete* boloney. Oh, so I decide to resell widget X by running around screaming and naked, patent my running around screaming and naked while selling X, and now, voila, you can't do that. Oookkk...
"M$ has a patent for "tabbed browsing" and "double click.""
They really have a patent for tabbed browsing. I find that laughable considering Mozilla has had it for years and IE still doesn't have it.
There is one at my local Burger King.
AOL filed patent violations for buddy list and instant message. I don't believe they won, so I doubt Netflix will get far. Otherwise you have a monopoly situation; ie: only one company could make fast food burgers delivered through a drive through window.
is 7 out yet, I've got 7 beta installed and its pretty terrible.
Does Netflix have a patent on slowing down processing so frequent renters can't get as many movies?
Hmmmh... must have expired. In either case, business practice patents are the craziest idea I ever heard of.
I think they have an add-in/plug-in for IE version 5 or 6 that does tabbed browsing, but I don't use IE.
I agree. Now, if Netflix patented their envelopes, etc, and Blockbuster infringed on that patent, they may have a case.
But, how many companies out there use return postage, etc?
Oh, and I think the Burger King in the next town over has a play yard thing too. And these are fairly old stores.
Oh, and Dairy Queen in the town where I grew up.
Well, there's 'differences' to the ways those things can be organized to get around the patents... I'd have sworn McD's had one on that... well anyway.
If you can't compete... take them to court.
Will Blockbuster bust their block
By the time that turd finally plops to earth, will there be anybody left to care? Whoopee - tabbed browsing.
Firefox rox, and everybody knows that.
I WONDER WHO HAD THE FIRST DRIVE THRU?
WHO HAD THE FIRST FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE?
WHO FIST PUT FOOD IN PAPER BAGS TO CARRY OUT?
As you can see this pattened biz is a bunch of BS.
Maybe the Columbia House records company CD subscription division should sue netflix. What's the difference between their business models besides the data density of the discs?
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