Cingular patents the emoticon :P

[episodic]

http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2575

How can someone patent this? Patents need to be abolished.

 

[robothouse77]

Rotten ol' patents...

 

[spidey07]

everybody needs patents

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

patents rule!

 

[everman]

I guess they didn't get the memo.

 

[jcovercash]

Originally posted by: everman
I guess they didn't get the memo.

Ohhh Man, Someone ALWAYS has to mess it up!!!!

 

[RandomFool]

so what is going on here?

 

[JohnAn2112]

Originally posted by: jcovercash

Originally posted by: everman
I guess they didn't get the memo.

Ohhh Man, Someone ALWAYS has to mess it up!!!!

Seriously.

DOH! Beaten by mere seconds.

 

[jlee]

Repost nazis are out in force today..

 

[NutBucket]

 

[tokamak]

time to move on guys

 

[jcovercash]

Originally posted by: CadetLee
Repost nazis are out in force today..

I could care less about reposts... i just dont like people messing up the pretty patterns

 

[CanOWorms]

They didn't patent the emoticon, they're attempting to patent it.

 

[Beige]

ok...

 

[SaturnX]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
They didn't patent the emoticon, they're attempting to patent it.

They're not even doing that! Seriously I don't think a SINGLE person has read the patent application.

They're simply attempting to patent keys on your mobile device dedicated to inserting emoticons... wow talk about overreacting.

--Mark

 

[l Xes l]

Originally posted by: tokamak
time to move on guys

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