I pay $6 for 24 ounces of Ghirardelli semi-sweet chips. There is no effing way I would pay $1.70 PER OUNCE for this twit's chocolate when I can get it from Target for $0.25 an ounce!
He's doomed, that product will be gone within a year and people will copy his design in less than that because I doubt that you can patent a fundamental geometric shape. Well, you can patent it - you can patent anything - but will it stand up under a challenged reexamination?
LOL! You know, I'd be more impressed if they were the new mood ring and the chocolate chips changed color depending on how I was feeling.
Maybe they can be the new Tamagotchi: incorporate a bio-Bluetooth, sync them with your phone, and you can feed them, and micro-purchase clothes and houses and take them for walks and incorporate them with Animal Crossing!
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their prejudices."
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He's doomed, that product will be gone within a year and people will copy his design in less than that because I doubt that you can patent a fundamental geometric shape. Well, you can patent it - you can patent anything - but will it stand up under a challenged reexamination?
I have a mild curiosity as to what they taste
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They're the new and improved "Pet Rock" of the chocolate world...
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Maybe they can be the new Tamagotchi: incorporate a bio-Bluetooth, sync them with your phone, and you can feed them, and micro-purchase clothes and houses and take them for walks and incorporate them with Animal Crossing!