Patents: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Published 2015-04-19
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All Comments (21)
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This clusterfuck could be fixed so easily. New law: You don't use your patent for too long, you lose it. (I'm definitely not the first person to think of this. If you happen to have a patent on this idea, please don't sue me....)
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Why the fuck is lobbying legal? It's glorified bribing
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Volvo invented the seat belt in the late 50s.....and gave the technology away! Said it was too important for human safety to be patented!
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I could be a Harvard Graduate, a sexual performance champion and have the body of Kim Kardashian and I dont think I could maintain the kind of ludicrous self confidence that the cat weirdo has
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The Senate wanted a change but unfortunately, passing laws against patent trolls is patented.
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"Hhhhttttthhhhsssssss hhhhhhttttthhhhhhhhssss hhhtttthhh" -John Oliver 2015
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John Oliver would be the best history teacher ever
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"Calling them trolls is a little misleading. At least trolls actually do something." (02:51) True, maybe they should be called PARASITES.
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This is why I am trying to become a patent lawyer, to stop these trolls from screwing things up. There are laws that make some of these patents void.
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Damn that draw a cat song (dance) is catchy
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John Oliver needs to file a patent of some description that will screw over the patent trolls. Something like "The method in which to apply for a Patent" or something.
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In France you cannot patent software or medical procedures.
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At 10:00 omg I was not ready for that hahaha
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As disgusted as I am by the "patent troll" companies, I find more disturbing that our senators can be influenced by the lobby groups to vote a certain way, even when goes against our best interests. Is this not corruption? Is there a website that lists senators and the bills they voted for or against, so we can know whose interests they serve? Or how about a website that reveals the origins of their campaign donations?
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What stupid judge goes "You know what, I really think that guy really owns the right to EVERY SOFTWARE EVER INVENTED."
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There's a guy named Dan Avidan, and either his grandfather or his great grandfather essentially invented the adhesive part on electrodes and has saved millions of lives, and they have their patent just hanging up on the wall like it's nothing, and I think that's really humble honestly.
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As a Texan... I can confirm an outdoor ice rink sounds like a nightmare, we usually put them in air conditioned malls... And yes, that is exactly like a raccoon!
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8 years later, still a problem, yet this video was the highlight of my day.
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Omg, guys, I'm from Marshall, Texas, I've fucking skated on that ice rink so many times during my childhood and I can tell you right now that downtown Marshall is nothing but law firms and places for the people who work in the law firms to eat (I say this because Marshall is definitely not a rich town and only the lawyers can afford to eat downtown often, like, we can't support a Chick-Fil-A ffs) I was definitely not expecting to hear John Oliver say the name of my hometown... Wild
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I lost my shit when he did that raccon impression
