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Decided A Patent Should Be Held Invalid? Celebrate by Donating Blood.

By Michael C. Smith

Ever had that blinding moment of clarity where you realize that any idiot could see that a particular patent should be held to be invalid?  That no lawyer or judge or jury with half a brain and thirty seconds of exposure to basic patent law could possibly fail to see that a particular patent is just amazingly, incredibly, obviously invalid? 
Don't waste those endorphins - celebrate that special feeling in a socially beneficial way by donating blood at your local blood center.  It doesn't matter if you end up being right - what matters is that right now you just know you're right.  And you're willing to put your blood where your mouth is (okay maybe that metaphor needs some tweaking) by donating blood to celebrate your discovery.
For a list of the blood centers closest to you, click here. 
Now here's how the subliminal thought process works.  For the several thousand daily readers of this weblog, I have observed that many (if not most) of you have the above special feeling on a daily (if not weekly) basis (whether with good reason or not we won't get into - that's what judges and juries are for).  But the next time you have it, guess what (socially beneficial) thought's going to run through your head?

Yep, that's me - making the world a better place one quirky idea at a time.  But seriously - go donate blood.  It'll make you feel great.

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).