Amazon wins patent for taking photos against a white background?

littleclaude

Amazon wins patent for taking photos against a white background? Errr...okay??

http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/amazon-awarded-questionable-studio-lighting-patent/#!NAPYs



Think I will put in a patent for anyone taking a picture or film against a green background, and if you edit it out with nuke or any other editor it will cost you double bubble.

Muzzoid

It's an extremely specific patent that is super hard to defend in court. I wouldn't worry about it.

Amsterdam Hilton Hotel

No need to worry about something to discuss it. However, as worry goes, Carmack encapsulated this one pretty well

ambershee

Coincidentally, that's an American problem. If you managed to independently reach to the same result in Europe, the patent is effectively void.

The trouble is proving that of course.

rolfness

fucking nonsense..

ExcessiveZero

wtf this is absurd.

Disregard patent laws, acquire technology.

marks

ambershee wrote: »

Coincidentally, that's an American problem. If you managed to independently reach to the same result in Europe, the patent is effectively void.

The trouble is proving that of course.

True but the *threat* of lawyers is still very real. I've totally seen that happen aswell with some big-name parties due to lack of them being willing to defend their independently-arrived-at conclusion.

dfacto

So is this to protect their specific way of presenting items on their website? If that's true this patent will essentially mean that every other online store will have to shoot items against a non-white background, or substantially alter the camera and light placement.

But this is bullshit and it'll get tossed at some point.

WarrenM

There's decades of prior art.

I sometimes wonder if the patent department is staffed with internet trolls. How this gets past even the most casual of glances is disappointing.

Equanim

littleclaude wrote: »

Think I will put in a patent for anyone taking a picture or film against a green background, and if you edit it out with nuke or any other editor it will cost you double bubble.

Actually I think Digital Domain already did that. (I'm serious.)

Di$array

Too much time. Too much money.