The patent of the drink mixer which remotely operates with the Internet connection is chosen as the "monthly most foolish patent"

If the patent is approved, the idea my invention invented will be protected for a certain period by the patent right. For example, Segway insists on a patent called "all vehicles moving according to human orders" If the inventor claimed that it is "all communication means through electricity," many existing technologies will infringe the patent. A patent application that asserts the validity of a patent up to an unfair scope should not be approved, but the "drink mixer operated by connecting to the Internet" which acquired a patent in August 2015 is not As a malignant patent / troll claiming content that can be applied to IoT technology, "Stupid Patent of the Month (monthly best silly patent)"Has been chosen.

Stupid Patent of the Month: A Drink Mixer Attacks the Internet of Things | Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/stupid-patent-month-drink-mixer-attacks-internet-things


In August, "Monthly Best Silly Patent" was chosen as a series of patents owned by Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, LLC (RCDI) approved by the US Patent Office. The contents claimed by the patent relates to a system in which a user creates beverages, shampoos and the like with a drink mixer through an Internet connection, "Users connect to a global computer network and use products such as drink mixers via a communication server Those that customize solids and liquids "is explained.


This patent does not propose a new network technology, nor does it disclose a new drink creation technology. What is written is the connection of a drink mixer and a beverage dispenser to the Internet, and the contents are "covering all systems that" remote server "transmits" product order "to the product via" communication module " We can do it. " The Electronic Frontier Foundation points out that the scope of application is too broad to be considered a valid patent.

In 2006, RCDI was also granted a patent as "inventing ideas on remote devices", and this patent was applied as an additional patent family for the 2006 patent. As patent applications for patent family once approved are more likely to be accepted, it has been shown that patents / trolls that appeal to existing products as patent infringement are feasible by deliberately re-applying patent interpretation intentionally And that.

Patent-authorized RCDI is beginning to file complaints by companies dealing with Internet connection equipment such as ADT, Cisco Protect America, OnStar, Rain Bird. In one example, it says that "the thermostat that customizes orders by remote control" handled by ADT is infringing RCDI's patent. Because it is obviously an unauthorized patent, the "Internet connected drink mixer" of RCDI was chosen as the "monthly best foolish patent", but the Electronic Frontier Foundation would like to use this kind of patent / troll In order to prevent it, we are complaining that the patent office's institutional reform and litigation reform considering patent / troll are necessary.