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**interested_observer** · 02-21-2015, 09:43 PM

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Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) lawyer Daniel Nazer's Sisyphean task is right in his job title: he's the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents.

So when Nazer says he's seen one of the all-time dumbest patents, that's saying a lot. Yesterday, Nazer and his fellow EFF lawyer Vera Ranieri filed court papers seeking to invalidate a patent on photo competitions. US Patent No. 8,209,618, owned by a little-known video website called Garfum.com, was used to sue four small photo websites last September that dared to ask people about their favorite photos.

One of those four defendants, Ruth Taylor, runs weekly photo competitions on BytePhoto.com. Out of money but determined to not give in to an outrageous patent demand, Taylor is now the EFF's newest client—the first patent defendant to be directly represented by the public interest group.

Why one photographer decided to fight a patent on online contests | Ars Technica

**gordon_l34** · 02-21-2015, 10:27 PM

Hi,
How ridiculous!
Is this world wide or only in the States?
Regards.

old4570 · 02-21-2015, 11:19 PM

Wow , when was the patent taken out ?
Is there a patent number ...
How old is photography ? and when was the first photo comp ?

Jens Lyn IV · 02-22-2015, 04:20 AM

Double post - and I was first, nuh nuh nuh...

02-21-2015, 09:43 PM	#1
interested_observer Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tumbleweed, Arizona Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,707	Someone has a patent on online photo competitions Quote: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) lawyer Daniel Nazer's Sisyphean task is right in his job title: he's the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents. So when Nazer says he's seen one of the all-time dumbest patents, that's saying a lot. Yesterday, Nazer and his fellow EFF lawyer Vera Ranieri filed court papers seeking to invalidate a patent on photo competitions. US Patent No. 8,209,618, owned by a little-known video website called Garfum.com, was used to sue four small photo websites last September that dared to ask people about their favorite photos. One of those four defendants, Ruth Taylor, runs weekly photo competitions on BytePhoto.com. Out of money but determined to not give in to an outrageous patent demand, Taylor is now the EFF's newest client—the first patent defendant to be directly represented by the public interest group. Why one photographer decided to fight a patent on online contests \| Ars Technica

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gordon_l34 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 779	Hi, How ridiculous! Is this world wide or only in the States? Regards.

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old4570 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Melbourne Photos: Albums Posts: 2,551	Wow , when was the patent taken out ? Is there a patent number ... How old is photography ? and when was the first photo comp ?

02-22-2015, 04:20 AM	#4
Jens Lyn IV Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Ringsted, Denmark Photos: Albums Posts: 260	Double post - and I was first, nuh nuh nuh...

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