IBM has filed a patent application for its patent process. The patent is called "Intellectual Property component business model for client services" and yes you can read it by clicking on that link.
After a year in which the smartphone wars went to patent court and patent trolls went on a rampage, capped off by Paul Allen and Nathan Myrvold trying to sue everybody, what's astonishing is that we still have the ability to be astonished.
As Tom's Hardware explains, the patent contemplates software that would manifest a patent process, from development of the idea all the way down through filing to suing infringers. And Techeye.net says, "If you can't beat the trolls, patent the process that creates them.
I'm so delighted that even though I've sort of moved beyond media, I still make my living synthesizing, strategizing, and writing about technology. I love this business!
