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Ghoti Nyak

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01-26-2006 11:15

Cingular Patents The Emoticon

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Billy Grace

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01-26-2006 11:29

All I can say is...

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Dianne Mechanique

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01-26-2006 11:34

From: Ghoti Nyak

Cingular Patents The Emoticon

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This will not end well.

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More evidence that the patent office is just a big joke nowadays.

Do they even use criteria for determining patent issues? Seems like they just hand them out and hope for the courts to settle it later.

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Psyra Extraordinaire

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01-26-2006 11:46

They canna do that, cap'n, they didn't invent tha thing!

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Enoch Lameth

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Join date: 1 Nov 2005

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01-26-2006 11:59

From: Psyra Extraordinaire

They canna do that, cap'n, they didn't invent tha thing!

Umm, what about it's existence in the 70's? I thought there was more to it....

Billy Grace

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01-26-2006 12:18

I'd also like to add this...

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Zapoteth Zaius

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01-26-2006 12:22

Yes we'd all like to say

Billy, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ANYMORE! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

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Billy Grace

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01-26-2006 12:35

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Logan Bauer

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Join date: 13 Jun 2004

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01-26-2006 12:37

Please note that "Pie" and any subsequent likenesses are now a registered trademark of LoganBauer LLc, it's subsidiaries, successors and/or assigns, as their interests may appear, all rights reserved, under penalty of law, in the event of an air landing the white zone is for loading and unloading of pecan only are belong to us. Paragraph A, Schedule A, Subsection K:THX/BAI!11111

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Cybin Monde

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not to worry

01-26-2006 13:06

Cingular has basically only applied for it.. i seriously doubt the patent office will grant such a inane thing.

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Katiahnya Muromachi

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Join date: 25 Jun 2005

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01-26-2006 13:13

Here's a copy of the patent application.

Mind you, they have only applied for a patent to show emoticons on a cellphone, it's not like it's been granted. Who knows, they might have a courtroom shoot-out with Microsoft, who picked up their
own patent on emoticons half a year ago.

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Jora Welesa

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Join date: 11 Jul 2005

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01-26-2006 13:50

If they can copyright emoticons, I'm gonna copyright hair! There. Now you must all keep yourselves shaved utterly bald.

If all the ignorance from Cingular. It's like going to the claims office and trying to claim the sun just so you can start charging a "Sun-tax." Not like you can really do anything to enforce it. What would you do? Turn the sun off?

Chip Midnight

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Join date: 1 May 2003

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01-26-2006 14:02

Well upon reading the application it appears they aren't attempting to patent the emoticon. They're trying to patent an easy way to insert emoticons when text messaging on a mobile device.

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Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	01-26-2006 11:15 Cingular Patents The Emoticon LINK This will not end well. -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Billy Grace Land Market Facilitator Join date: 8 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,307	01-26-2006 11:29 All I can say is... _____________________ I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. John Cleese, 1939 -
Dianne Mechanique Back from the Dead Join date: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 2,648	01-26-2006 11:34 From: Ghoti Nyak Cingular Patents The Emoticon LINK This will not end well. -Ghoti More evidence that the patent office is just a big joke nowadays. Do they even use criteria for determining patent issues? Seems like they just hand them out and hope for the courts to settle it later. _____________________ . black art furniture & classic clothing =================== Black in Neufreistadt Black @ ONE Black @ www.SLBoutique.com .
Psyra Extraordinaire Corra Nacunda Chieftain Join date: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 1,533	01-26-2006 11:46 They canna do that, cap'n, they didn't invent tha thing! _____________________ E-Mail Psyra at psyralbakor_at_yahoo_dot_com, Visit my Webpage at www.psyra.ca Visit me in-world at the Avaria sims, in Grendel's Children! ^^
Enoch Lameth Where're my pants? Join date: 1 Nov 2005 Posts: 131	01-26-2006 11:59 From: Psyra Extraordinaire They canna do that, cap'n, they didn't invent tha thing! Umm, what about it's existence in the 70's? I thought there was more to it....
Billy Grace Land Market Facilitator Join date: 8 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,307	01-26-2006 12:18 I'd also like to add this... _____________________ I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. John Cleese, 1939 -
Zapoteth Zaius Is back Join date: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 5,634	01-26-2006 12:22 Yes we'd all like to say Billy, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ANYMORE! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! _____________________ I have the right to remain silent. Anything I say will be misquoted and used against me. --------------- Zapoteth Designs, Temotu (100,50) ---------------
Billy Grace Land Market Facilitator Join date: 8 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,307	01-26-2006 12:35 _____________________ I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. John Cleese, 1939 -
Logan Bauer Inept Adept Join date: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 2,237	01-26-2006 12:37 Please note that "Pie" and any subsequent likenesses are now a registered trademark of LoganBauer LLc, it's subsidiaries, successors and/or assigns, as their interests may appear, all rights reserved, under penalty of law, in the event of an air landing the white zone is for loading and unloading of pecan only are belong to us. Paragraph A, Schedule A, Subsection K:THX/BAI!11111 _____________________ PICS - BLOG - http://arcticgreenhouse.blogspot.com/ XSTREET - INWORLD -http://slurl.com/secondlife/Alternate Reality/144/138/54/
Cybin Monde Resident Moderator (?) Join date: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 2,468	not to worry 01-26-2006 13:06 Cingular has basically only applied for it.. i seriously doubt the patent office will grant such a inane thing. _____________________ "We, as developers, are doing the easy part – building the scaffolding for a new world. You, as the engines of creation, must breathe life into it." - Philip Linden "There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be." - Willy Wonka (circa 1971) SecondSpace (http://groups.myspace.com/secondspace) : MySpace group for SLers.
Katiahnya Muromachi Ninja Mistress Join date: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 130	01-26-2006 13:13 Here's a copy of the patent application. Mind you, they have only applied for a patent to show emoticons on a cellphone, it's not like it's been granted. Who knows, they might have a courtroom shoot-out with Microsoft, who picked up their own patent on emoticons half a year ago. _____________________
Jora Welesa Dark Lady of the Sith Join date: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 153	01-26-2006 13:50 If they can copyright emoticons, I'm gonna copyright hair! There. Now you must all keep yourselves shaved utterly bald. If all the ignorance from Cingular. It's like going to the claims office and trying to claim the sun just so you can start charging a "Sun-tax." Not like you can really do anything to enforce it. What would you do? Turn the sun off?
Chip Midnight ate my baby! Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 10,231	01-26-2006 14:02 Well upon reading the application it appears they aren't attempting to patent the emoticon. They're trying to patent an easy way to insert emoticons when text messaging on a mobile device. _____________________ My other hobby: www.live365.com/stations/chip_midnight