One of the “old school” patent blogs is Daniel Wright’s Patently Silly blog where he covers the lighter side of patents. I’ve known Daniel for quite a few years (through blogging), and have been glad to have someone who would appreciate the weird patents I stumble on from time to time. Daniel is a stand up comic (and engineer) who has an uncanny knack for mocking the creative genius of the world. I consider his blog required reading for all patent attorneys.
When Daniel announced that he was writing a book (”Patently Silly“), I’m sure that many people thought “great…another book about funny patents.” I had no doubt that he’d pull it off. Daniel sent me a copy of his book recently (probably to see if the FTC would come after me for talking about his book without mentioning that he gave me a copy) and I was thrilled. He doesn’t disappoint…the book is by far my favorite “funny patent” book, even if one of the patents he pokes fun at I wrote (USPN 7066780).
The book really is the book I wanted to write…and I hate him for it.
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It’s sentences like “A pet entertainment device for the entertainment of a pet” that give patent attorneys a bad reputation! I’m now holding you personally responsible.
Another great post. I’m going to have to check out the book. Keep up the good work.
I thought about using the phrase “frickin laser beams attached to their heads” in the application, but didn’t. [referring to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw
Wow! Thanks for the great review!
I didn’t realize that you had written that patent… way to take “Method of Exercising a Cat” to a new level.
The more I read it, the more it impresses me. I don’t know how I ever worked without hilarious and funny things in our life, Life would be so much easier especially when there’s a jokes here and there. Being funny is nice because a lot of serious people are lacking with this kind of behavior that is why they are much look older. I would like to thank you for your outstanding blog post. Keep it up! Awesome!