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Comment by Mikk Putk on March 3, 2010 at 10:58am

Michel, maybe you are right - we should not take this seriously.

But if they get similar expert opinion also from AU, JP and CA patent offices then they are prepared very clever strategy to attack other companies.

Do you have any idea why this patent gets so much attention? Actually there are thousands of software patents. Why this one is different?

Comment by Mikk Putk on March 3, 2010 at 10:52am

Here is an extract from the international preliminary report on patentability. This is written opinion of the international searching authority.

Comment by Mikk Putk on March 2, 2010 at 6:18am

Good point! I didn't check the patent family. From Epoline Register Plus you can find https://register.epoline.org/espacenet/application?number=EP0783658... that the application deemed to be withdrawn (non-entry into European phase). But the "Copy of the international preliminary report on patentability" is interesting :o)

Comment by Bikramjit Singh on March 2, 2010 at 6:06am

Well, the same invention has already published under WIPO application (WO2008021097) and has been granted in Canada (CA2660539) and Austria (AU7284810).

I Think facebook is looking to protect the invention in as many countries and to my interest I would like to see which country rejects this application and why. :)

Comment by Michel Plungjan on February 27, 2010 at 5:00am

Reminds me of the one-click by amazon. Pure BS, the patent world must not take it seriously

Comment by Michel Plungjan on February 27, 2010 at 4:59am

Here is the espacenet version: http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&adj...

Comment by Mikk Putk on February 27, 2010 at 4:25am

This is the hottest news in social media world at the moment! Just few examples how the whole internet is confused. What does it mean? Does it threaten social media?

Mashable: Facebook Secures Patent for News Feed
Yahoo News: Does Facebook Patent Mean It Owns the News Feed?
Wired: Facebook Patents Social Network Feeds, Raising Innovation Worries
CNN Tech: Facebook's news-feed patent could mean lawsuits
Internetnews: Facebook Lands Patent for News Feed
Inside Facebook: Facebook Awarded 1 of Its 35 Patent Applications — Significance Unc...
PCWorld: Does Facebook's Newsfeed Patent Threaten Social Media?
msnbc: Could Facebook feed patent hurt social media?
The New York Times: Facebook Earns Patent for News Feed, Publishes One on Application A...
All Facebook: Facebook Patents The News Feed
ReadWriteWeb: Facebook Granted Patent on the News Feed - This Could Be Very Big
the NEXT WEB: Facebook Just Patented The Feed – What Does That Mean For Everyone ...
Guardian: Facebook patents the 'news feed' - but was it really first?
IPWatchdog: Facebook Gets US Patent on Social Network News Feeds
cnet news: Facebook eats up patents for the 'feed'
etc, etc