to talk with the guys from the us patent and trademark office: after 1-click e-commerce they gave jeff bezos, founder and ceo of amazon.com, the exclusive right for a 'method and system for conducting a discussion relating to an item. filed 1999. if and how it threatens ¿e-mail discussion groups? or 'any other web-based, bulletin-board type discussions about items offered for sale or items being sought after for purchase' (internetnews) needs still to be watched, but the question is out there. i am faszinated. someone has to give them a roasting, i guess.

'If peanut butter sandwiches were in the public domain and jelly sandwiches were in the public domain, you could still patent peanut butter and jelly sandwiches if you're the first person to make one' (e. kahn on us patent law)

give me a patent for cars with fuil in the tank?

Why didn't somebode think about this. Everyone wuld have to purchase a licens or otherwhise their cars would not worke.

Oh, maybe there is a possibility to patent energy itselve or matter...