The US Patent office has published a patent application for "godly powers". Some dingaling actually paid to submit this.
Link.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
And thus we see that the term "patent pending" is losing all credibility.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Maybe this is the second coming and he's just trying to follow the proper channels?
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
None of his claims are valid claims with respect to either form or content. This will be dinged quickly ("quickly" being a relative term at the PTO).
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
quote:Claim 1 is proved via David Copperfield, who has been using godly powers for his financial gain (MN Federal case 05-446JRT/FLN) and hiding knowledge of godly powers as stated in claim 7.
What is this refering too? Is that a real case and is there a way to look it up? Google only linked back to the patent.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
If they grant him a patent, does he become financially liable for all those items insurance companies ascribe to "acts of God"?
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I like that.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by vonk:
quote:Claim 1 is proved via David Copperfield, who has been using godly powers for his financial gain (MN Federal case 05-446JRT/FLN) and hiding knowledge of godly powers as stated in claim 7.
What is this refering too? Is that a real case and is there a way to look it up? Google only linked back to the patent.
My brother just sent me the case. Let me see if I can find a link. Meanwhile, check out the loonie's site.
Here's an exerpt from the footnotes. Apparently, Roller took some of it down from his site:
quote:Defendant respectfully urges the Court to visit Plaintiff’s website, www.mytrumanshow.com, to which the Plaintiff refers both the Court and Defendant. Therein Plaintiff makes the following claims including:
Plaintiff is running for President of the United States in 2008 with Bill Gates as his running mate.
Plaintiff claims he is Jesus Christ.
Plaintiff claims he is God.
Plaintiff claims that Katie Couric and Celine Dion are his wives and are going to have his children.
Plaintiff claims there is a movie coming out soon about his life that stars Tom Hanks.
Plaintiff claims he has killed all of his enemies.
Plaintiff claims he will father 1,000,000 babies.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jim-Me: If they grant him a patent, does he become financially liable for all those items insurance companies ascribe to "acts of God"?
Thats EXACTLY what I thought. I am not sure whether his debts or profits would be greater in such a circumstance.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Wow. It's hard to believe that an attorney actually had to write out a full, serious case report for this. I wonder if that was annoyingly tedious or amusingly entertaining for them?
I also like how one of the reasons for dismisal was that "Godly Powers" was not in Minnesota's jurisdiction. Do you think it would be in SCOTUS's jurisdiction? The UN's? Should we develope a legal system for that would include this? I think we should.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:I also like how one of the reasons for dismisal was that "Godly Powers" was not in Minnesota's jurisdiction. Do you think it would be in SCOTUS's jurisdiction?
Depends on how activist one thinks the court should be.
(And not to ruin the joke, but patents give a person the right to exclude others from the exercise of a particular invention. They don't create liability.)
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
Argh, Dagonee! Gosh-darnit, you ruined the joke.
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Nah! ^_^
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
I can see it now -
"Roller sues Allah for patent violation, demands virgins!"