Even better (for varying values of "better"), somebody should take out
a patent on each form, working their way through Princeton Poetics.
Everytime a poem is published using that form, the patentor extracts
his or hers 2 pence.
Roger
On 11/4/05, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/11/emw303435.htm
> http://www.plotpatents.com/about_us.htm
>
> "Knight and Associates is the first patent prosecution firm to attempt
> to obtain utility patent protection on fictional plots. Knight and
> Associates consists of Andrew Knight and a team of independent
> contractors comprising skilled writers and experienced patent
> attorneys, ready to turn valuable new fictional plots or storylines
> into U.S. utility patent applications. Knight and Associates is
> located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the hub of American
> intellectual property law and the location of the U.S. Patent and
> Trademark Office."
>
> Right, I'm off to patent some metaphors and similies.
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