Town Gets Patent On Being the Center of Europe 169
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from the continental-drift-be-damned dept.
An anonymous reader writes "And you thought software patents were going to far? How about geography patents? Apparently, as a part of the weird fight over what place in Europe represents the 'geophysical center of Europe,' the Austrian town of Frauenkirchen has received a patent (Austrian patent AM 7738/2003) declaring it the center of Europe. Not clear how one 'infringes' on such a patent, but then again, it's not clear why anyone's patenting this either."
When Turkey gets the go ahead (Score:4, Funny)
Obviously this patent should be revoked when Turkey Joins the EU, as the center should shift eastwards
Meh ... (Score:5, Funny)
Meh ... still not as cool as living in Fucking [wikipedia.org].
Underground (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Meh ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Meh ... (Score:1, Funny)
Meh ... still not as cool as living in Fucking [wikipedia.org].
Fucking, Austrian town, how does it work?
Re:When Turkey gets the go ahead (Score:5, Funny)
Oh yes.
It is the continent north of Africa and west of the Ural mountains.
Re:Doubtful (Score:5, Funny)
GP may or may not have heard of Schrödinger...
Re:For tourism, obviously... (Score:4, Funny)
We tried something similar to raise tourism here in Canada. With famous alterations to the English language (i.e. "what's that aboot?" and the ever-classic "eh"), killer mosquitoes (why watch Jurassic Park when you can live it?), and our happy-go-lucky play-hockey-anywhere-that's-frozen (everywhere) attitude we've managed to achieve global recognition. And instead of T-shirts (because everyone does those), we have the line "I went to Canada and all I got was this stupid hangover" you'll often hear at customs when tourists are leaving our beautiful country.
Re:Publicity (Score:3, Funny)
I'm betting they'll even have a cross on the ground for tourists to stand on and take photos.
Right next to the souvenir shop.
Re:Doubtful (Score:4, Funny)
I think the point is that he both has and has not heard of Schrödinger...
Re:Doubtful (Score:2, Funny)
There are no kangaroos in Austria. [flickr.com]
Re:Doubtful (Score:3, Funny)
/. does not differentiate between patents, trademarks, copyright, industrial design, or trade secrets.
Re:Underground (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Doubtful (Score:3, Funny)