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Technical discussions => General discussion => Topic started by: Ed on May 09, 2014, 10:16:10 AM

Title: Amazon receives patent for studio lighting
Post by: Ed on May 09, 2014, 10:16:10 AM
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-05/09/amazon-photography-patent

Does KeyShot now owe royalties to Amazon :)

This is yet another indicator civilization has gone mad.

Ed


Title: Re: Amazon receives patent for studio lighting
Post by: DriesV on May 09, 2014, 12:45:28 PM
QuoteThis is yet another indicator civilization has gone mad.
Maybe that's what Amazon is trying to prove?

I'm just trying to see some logic behind the madness. :)

Dries
Title: Re: Amazon receives patent for studio lighting
Post by: Ed on May 09, 2014, 01:57:50 PM
Dries,

It is such a ridiculous patent that I have to believe it was done only to prove how insane our patent system has become.

Ed
Title: Re: Amazon receives patent for studio lighting
Post by: hugo on May 16, 2014, 11:16:44 AM
If I'm not mistaken its the software companies themselves that lobbied for this sheer lunacy of the DMCA.
and typically the lawyers are making a lot of loot from litigating this crap. Example Apple and Samsung
Title: Re: Amazon receives patent for studio lighting
Post by: edwardo on May 16, 2014, 11:30:45 AM
i just read that article. WTF? I don't get it  :-\

Do Amazon now own 90% of the shots iv churned out of keyshot?
Title: Re: Amazon receives patent for studio lighting
Post by: TpwUK on May 16, 2014, 12:26:31 PM
Nahhhh it specifically states photography - lol

And even then just changing flash duration or intensity and angle etc should by rights nullify any claim they may present

Martin
Title: Re: Amazon receives patent for studio lighting
Post by: Speedster on May 16, 2014, 03:08:04 PM
They should refer to Ansel Adams for prior state-of-the-art. I'm co-inventor on close to a hundred patents, and trust me, the Patent and Trademark Office sucks.
Bill G
Title: Re: Amazon receives patent for studio lighting
Post by: Despot on May 20, 2014, 08:14:19 AM
Patently ridiculous...