Amazon awarded patent for photography against white background

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lucidus

2014-05-14 09:14

Oh FFS USA :-|

#4817342

lantian

2014-05-14 09:25

WTF How is this even possible... oh well,keep it up US...

#4817351

MikeMK

2014-05-14 09:56

This is just ridiculous lol!

#4817355

Glidefan

Moderator

2014-05-14 10:01

Yeah. Got so pissed when i saw it that i tried to remove my game and account from their developer platform. Guess what, don't even have the option.

#4817369

mackintosh

2014-05-14 10:58

Someone remind me - did they exclude patent protection and IP rights from the TTIP? Cause if they didn't, I'd start worrying.

#4817396

Glidefan

Moderator

2014-05-14 12:40

It's easy to go around this patent, you just use 1 more or 1 less light and/or in a different angle. But seriously damn them. A friend suggested that a legal firm just wanted to get Amazon as their client and got the patent to prove to them that they can be nasty.

#4817413

BLEH!

2014-05-14 13:02

Prior art much...?

#4817424

FerCam™

2014-05-14 13:14

Corporations are not here to innovate and help the client/consumer, their whole purpose is profit. And maybe because clients were turned to consumers.

#4817433

Denial

2014-05-14 13:34

Corporations are not here to innovate and help the client/consumer, their whole purpose is profit. And maybe because clients were turned to consumers.

Give me a break. First of all Amazon has nearly never turned a profit in 20 years. Second there are tons of companies that innovate and help the consumer. Amazon itself with Prime has been a godsend to me. I've saved thousands over going to retail stores and I've found significantly better products via their ratings system and product reviews. Then you have companies like Tesla/Space X that are furthering space exploration and taking huge risks. Medical companies that spend billions in R&D which sometimes lead to complete dead ends. Etc. And yeah, obviously these companies eventually expect to make money and they should make money. That's part of what inspires people to take huge risks and investors as well. As for this patent, who knows why Amazon wants this or the PTO granted it. Regardless, this would never actually hold up in a court if Amazon tried to like sue every photographer so it's a moot point anyway.

#4817448

Glidefan

Moderator

2014-05-14 14:35

@Denial: That. Plus, what better way to make money than to please the customer and make then on your side so that they return.

#4817449

bballfreak6

2014-05-14 14:36

speechless

#4817462

FerCam™

2014-05-14 14:46

Give me a break. First of all Amazon has nearly never turned a profit in 20 years. Second there are tons of companies that innovate and help the consumer. Amazon itself with Prime has been a godsend to me. I've saved thousands over going to retail stores and I've found significantly better products via their ratings system and product reviews. Then you have companies like Tesla/Space X that are furthering space exploration and taking huge risks. Medical companies that spend billions in R&D which sometimes lead to complete dead ends. Etc. And yeah, obviously these companies eventually expect to make money and they should make money. That's part of what inspires people to take huge risks and investors as well. As for this patent, who knows why Amazon wants this or the PTO granted it. Regardless, this would never actually hold up in a court if Amazon tried to like sue every photographer so it's a moot point anyway.

Well I never used Amazon, at least directly. They never turned a profit publicly, or maybe that's why they are trying patent trolling to finally get profit from helping others. And most of those R/D billions are to get around taxes, and/or to get more millions. You see a cure is not profitable at least in the long run. But this is a consumer fault too because we just demand shiny things that seem to work/palliatives, just look at GPUs market. And of course there are companies that look first to client demand and then profit, but they are just a few.

#4817486

NAMEk

2014-05-14 15:36

How can you patent such things? If one would want to patent a triangle? or is it already patented in the US?

#4817493

Glidefan

Moderator

2014-05-14 15:48

I would like to patent, the way that you submit a patent. So when someone patents something dumb, i sue them for using my patent for patenting. (You draw a technical sketch. You or your layer drives to the patent office. Files the patent by giving it to the patent guy...)

#4817500

Agonist

2014-05-14 16:04

Im embarrassed by the US patent system. This is just sad. Common sense is gone here. Logical reasoning and problem solving are non existent.

#4817505

nhlkoho

2014-05-14 16:08

How can you patent such things? If one would want to patent a triangle? or is it already patented in the US?

Ask Apple. They are pros at patenting ridiculous things.

#4817543

BetA

2014-05-14 17:05

some more infos and Pics on how this patent works...

http://www.diyphotography.net/can-close-studio-amazon-patents-photographing-seamless-white/

http://www.diyphotography.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/amazon-seamless-white-670x434.jpg The patent describes the arrangement of elements in the studio to make a product shot. it even details the F-stop, ISO value and focal length you need to use. http://www.diyphotography.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/amazon-seamless-white-03.jpg http://www.diyphotography.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/amazon-seamless-white-02-670x508.jpg --- well, this is bad for Foto Studios and such.. whats next? patent on living things?!?!?! oh whait , we allready have that, MONSANTO...... A patent on a Pig... anyway. i hope the TIPP is going to FAIL... The US can keep theyr patent trolls and Chlorid Chickens and all.. even americans are warning US "europeans" that the TIPP is really bad for us.. Im so sick of this World...

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