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So... Amazon patented seamless backround photography

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  • #2
    jonneymendoza
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    uhh?? i dont understand


  • #3
    Kenny Logins
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    jonneymendoza wrote: »
    uhh?? i dont understand

    More info here - http://petapixel.com/2014/05/05/amazon-files-patent-showing-seamless-background-studio-lighting-technique/

    ...but still doesn't make much sense (to me).


  • #4
    drunkmonkey
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    In a county where you can marry your horse nothing surprises me.

    I'd say it relates to product photography and people using their pictures, how anyone would grant a patent for a technique like that is bizzare.

    I don't understand patent law, can they patent it here or would the patent office even entertain it.


  • #5
    jonneymendoza
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    Kenny Logins wrote: »
    More info here - http://petapixel.com/2014/05/05/amazon-files-patent-showing-seamless-background-studio-lighting-technique/

    ...but still doesn't make much sense (to me).

    i still dont understand either lol


  • #6
    ScumLord
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    I've heard it said a patent costs as much as you're willing to spend defending it.

    I don't see how this patent would hold up, it's basic studio lighting and background work. There's plenty of prior art and anyone with any experience with studio photography would be able to come up with this concept through common sense. Usually with patents you have to show the patent wasn't obvious or something that would result naturally by anyone that tried.

    A patent costs tens of thousands of euros, that's just to get the patent. It's not a lot of money to a large corporation but it's still a horrendous waste of money. There must be some solicitors in the US that are experts at conning corporations into taking out pointless patents just because they can afford them.


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