[omgsean]

I too would like to patent the emotional response to seeing something that brings you joy or amusement.

[homosaur]

I'm sorry, this violates my patent on making jokes about patents, I'm going to need some licensing fees for that...

[leeoniya]

someone should patent Patent Trolling. oh wait, so much prior art.

[flyinRyan]

IBM is trying to. No really.

EDIT: Here you go lazy downvoters: http://news.priorsmart.com/ibm-files-the-patent-troll-patent...