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8-Year-Old Receives Patent 142

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @11:54AM from the young-inventor-society dept.

Knile writes "While not the youngest patent recipient ever (that would be a four year old in Texas), Bryce Gunderman has received a patent at age 8 for a space-saver that combines an outlet cover plate with a shelf. From the article: '"I thought how I was going to make a lot of money," Bryce said about what raced through his brain when he received the patent.'"

Webvention Demanding $80k For Rollover Images 314

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 14, 2010 @05:21PM from the define-gobsmackery dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Webvention is demanding that websites with rollover images pay $80,000 or face a patent lawsuit based on US patent 5,251,294, which it bought from Intellectual Ventures. Webvention claims to already have licensing deals with Apple, Google, Nokia, Sears, Sony and Orbitz. Right now, they're suing Abercrombie and Fitch, Bed Bath & Beyond, Dell, Gamestop, E*Trade, Neiman Marcus, Visa and ten others in a court in east Texas."

Comment How about different membership levels? (Score 1) 277

by SpookyR on Sunday December 22, 2002 @12:55PM (#4940561) Attached to: FSF Launches Associated Membership Program

US $120 is a lot of money in many countries. Not long ago this was how much I used to make in a month at my job!

Perhaps, the FSF would consider different levels of membership so that more supporters from around the world can join.

Secondly, as part of its membership benefits, the FSF should try and get popular distros to offer discounts to FSF members on upgrades. That would be a tempting benefit.

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