IP: A chuckler: Patenter of the wheel awarded (Ig) Nobel Prize from Harvard

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 16:37:24 +1100
> From: Nathan Cochrane <ncochrane () theage fairfax com au>
>
> Hi Dave
>
> You may remember this story from July, about the Melbourne attorney who 
> was granted a patent on the wheel from the Australian patent office:
>
> http://www.interesting-people.org/200107/0007.html
>
> Today, Harvard University granted him an Ig Nobel Prize for his 
> revolutionary work on the "circular transportation facilitation device".
>
> http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/10/05/FFXJ5MACFSC.html
>
> Also, Australian Democrats political party alarmed at W3C proposal to 
> include patents in future Web standards.
>
> http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/10/05/FFXHH0BCFSC.html
>
> Have a good weekend.
>
> Nathan
>
>
>
>
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