sony patents shock and awe

[den4]

Sony patents shock and awe:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/marketingandpr/story/0,7494,933239,00.html
so does this mean the media and the world governments need to pay royalties whenever they refer to the term?

[Iron Chef]

Hmm... I wonder how much such a patent costs and whether or not the man who coined the term (former US navy pilot Harlan Ullman according to the article) gets any credit... Interesting.

[Iron Chef]

Quick update btw on this topic as reported by Japantoday.com:

"Sony withdraws trademark registration of 'shock and awe'

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 07:14 JST
TOKYO — Sony Corp said Tuesday it will withdraw its application with the U.S. patent office to register "shock and awe" — a catch phrase used by the U.S. forces in their initial air campaign in Iraq — as title for a PlayStation video game.

In a statement released jointly with its U.S. subsidiary Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, Sony said the application was based on "inappropriate judgment."

[arnadstephen]

Shock And Awe, did not work !,

old fashioned military conquer and disable/kill/destroy enemy worked !

[jarod_007]

Patents costs heaps. To be quite honest, it's not worth patenting anything.

[noyhauser]

no I guess making millions off of drug patents like viagra, isnt worth it... phizer made a huge mistake patenting it