Patents: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@stensoft]

The Senate wanted a change but unfortunately, passing laws against patent trolls is patented.

[@MouseGoat]

+Jan Sten Adámek Impossible, you would need to demonstrate it working before you could patent it.

[@josephcaceres6507]

That's funny as shit

[@evgenysavelev837]

+Jan Sten Adámek People need to understand that ultimately the money that feed patent troll come from consumers. You, the reader of this message, you need to understand that you donated thousands of dollars (unknowingly) to all the patent trolls, all the corrupt politicians and all the things that you don't like. Because ultimately, the only source of money there is in this world, is you, the consumer.

[@Shenruss]

+Jan Sten Adámek No problem. There's a Troll we could sic on them, not so?

[@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai]

+Shenruss Internet trolling comment in 3,2,1

[@supersaiyandrgnslayr]

This is why I am trying to become a patent lawyer, to stop these trolls from screwing things up. There are laws that make some of these patents void.

[@Elk0990]

You are doing good to the society, however, I must warn you not to deviate your path and enter the dark side. Money can make people do crazy things.

[@supersaiyandrgnslayr]

Dude, I live with a family of lawyers and I became one because I wanted to be close to the inventors as they invent or creators as they create. I don't need to do it for money at this rate, but to defend creation. Like my grandfather and cousins (lots of patent lawyers) do. I've seen their cases, they defend products and also warn creators for possible lawsuits

[@hyperlogos]

Nirvashv7 That's always how it starts. The system is designed to punish people like you, and turn you into someone else.

[@WelbyKiDD]

Nirvashv7 stay wise, stay sharp, stay humble. You'll do great dont forget!

[@supersaiyandrgnslayr]

I will, I also considered taking advantage of my asian family roots and being a PLawyer to an asian company.

[@pointedspider]

Volvo invented the seat belt in the late 50s.....and gave the technology away! Said it was too important for human safety to be patented!

[@wizardtuga]

Did you know the people responsible for the discovery of Insulin, Banting and Best, sold the patent for a dollar for Humanities benefit... Well not intended for insulin to be 150 bucks...

[@robearberbils]

@@wizardtuga I think whoever they sold it to leased it to American pharmaceutical companies. Can't remember it all. Patriot act covered that well.

[@wizardtuga]

@@robearberbils yeah Hassan covered it I took the example from that. They sold the patent to Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk and it stands till today

[@gkess7106]

Nope, no they didn’t.

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

@@gkess7106 Yep, yes they did.

[@jordillach3222]

"Calling them trolls is a little misleading. At least trolls actually do something." (02:51) True, maybe they should be called PARASITES.

[@dominicha5092]

Nice Job!

[@Dafoodmaster]

no they're trolls bruh

[@angryrabidfoxes7380]

Jordi Llach I call them jackals.

[@matiasbishop3461]

that's a insult to parasites

[@christopherbruderle684]

Andrew Ryan? You here?

[@johnwelch6795]

John Oliver would be the best history teacher ever

[@snlbitchluva]

You mean I'm not getting credit for watching this? Well that's 120k down the drain....

[@ssrrapper]

I would put him third -- behind Dave Stotts and John Green.

[@ProNorden]

Re the #PredatoryPyarasite "troll" lawyers ...maybe someone should have a talk with their Rabbis.

[@orange_leaf4913]

I got 4 probably I will get at least +1

[@coena9377]

He's too biased. It's fine for him to give opinionated pieces on television but students should be exposed to more than just one partisan position.

[@lucyparr4912]

Omg, guys, I'm from Marshall, Texas, I've fucking skated on that ice rink so many times during my childhood and I can tell you right now that downtown Marshall is nothing but law firms and places for the people who work in the law firms to eat (I say this because Marshall is definitely not a rich town and only the lawyers can afford to eat downtown often, like, we can't support a Chick-Fil-A ffs) I was definitely not expecting to hear John Oliver say the name of my hometown... Wild

[@chadgriffith5819]

It was a Judge and his son doing most of this. After the judge retired he joined his son. There were actually 2 father son judge teams doing it.

[@shanearnold7781]

Why the fuck is lobbying legal? It's glorified bribing

[@TheSilverPhoenix100]

+Shane Arnold who do lobbiest target...thats why

[@mccl0ut]

not an expert, but i think it's more complicated than "all lobbyists are evil"

[@axelliranza9694]

the way it's SUPPOSED to work is that minority's or other interest parties who feel they aren't getting enough representation in Washington can have their interests voiced. you can see how that was abused

[@troyty007]

Oh yeah? how so? All I am seeing is using money to get what they what and screwing over everyone else.

[@Robbedem]

It is a crime in most democratic countries. Weird how USA politicians decided that companies giving them money shouldn't be a crime...

[@Poopchute]

At 10:00 omg I was not ready for that hahaha

[@huverdoose]

Trevor Tharp His impression was spot-on, wunnit?

[@johnburt7935]

Nahodakk Did you have an actual comment to make, or do you just spew random conservaspeak and ethnic slurs the way normal people fart?

[@MrNathanperez]

Trevor Tharp HAHA I don't know how many times I re-winded that part to show my family and it is still freaking hilarious. Thank you for making it easy to skip to that part.

[@LoveProWrestling]

Trevor Tharp Super hilarious, thanks for that

[@abdelarmstr5173]

In France you cannot patent software or medical procedures.

[@PieALaMode]

:) france winning again

[@Bounsingonbongos1]

I get the medicine thing, but does that stifle software development?

[@sirdeadlock]

+Racist Bassist just because it's not exclusive doesn't mean it's not profitable. Somebody who is a good developer can build brand loyalty, despite offering a service many others may offer.

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

+Racist Bassist Patents stifle development of all technology. Doesn't matter if it's not covered in france you can just go over that and patent in another european country under EU patent laws. So while France won't allow it EU law overrides it.

[@humanbeing5918]

so why would then medical companies invest in research if their inventions can be easily stolen?

[@NevRmind182]

This clusterfuck could be fixed so easily. New law: You don't use your patent for too long, you lose it. (I'm definitely not the first person to think of this. If you happen to have a patent on this idea, please don't sue me....)

[@JediRhymeTrix]

Kotano Patents actually do expire, you know...

[@coregoon]

Kotano Problem is, that already exists.

[@viktorkardell9366]

***** Even in the U.S.? I know that law exists in the U.K., but is it a thing across the Atlantic, too?

[@Sebastian-hg3xc]

Vedant Vohra Nobody said otherwise.

[@coregoon]

***** I don't know how it is in the UK (nor do I know the exact wording in the US), but it's pretty much a case of protect your patent or loose it.

[@brain_apostrophe_t]

I could be a Harvard Graduate, a sexual performance champion and have the body of Kim Kardashian and I dont think I could maintain the kind of ludicrous self confidence that the cat weirdo has

[@r1nc3w1nd7]

Real Laundry Sauce Seconded.

[@aidoll3692]

@@Bobelponge123 she not that bad. It's just that she looks...fake.

[@Bobelponge123]

@@aidoll3692 she looks like she a barbie doll cuz she made of plastic

[@Theevilrhino]

SquipedHamilfam Chandler she's disgusting. She's pumped full of plastic and still doesn't manage to be all that great looking

[@emmillyy.]

but the thing is that u couldnt be/have any of those things in the first place...

[@Falney]

John Oliver needs to file a patent of some description that will screw over the patent trolls. Something like "The method in which to apply for a Patent" or something.

[@lucasgoldfein9155]

A company once tried to patent patent trolling.

[@uiop2641]

something like "Patenting patenting creations that do not exist until somebody else makes it"

[@sethboyd2217]

I live in east Texas I had no idea about these patents

[@DuranmanX]

US needs to go through a major reform To speak in technological terms, it feels as if the Government is running on Windows 2000

[@RaytheonNublinski]

We're running on the Windows that Gates made in his garage with a hammer and a toaster.

[@yes4me]

***** That's too recent. More like windows 3.1

[@Zack_Wester]

***** that was way to kind I think the US Government is running on an custom version of Runestone whit bugs from 1500BC still left unpatched. like common 75 words bound to one symbol. amoungs them yes no and maybe writen whit the same symbol. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runestone

[@PAPASTAIN]

nah, just windows ME

[@LindsayMeadDailyVlog]

***** I feel like a Windows 8 joke would have been pretty funny there, at least for those who've used it :)

[@ComputersAreRealCool]

What stupid judge goes "You know what, I really think that guy really owns the right to EVERY SOFTWARE EVER INVENTED."

[@grahamkeithtodd]

one that's been bought off

[@RandallStevenson]

a judge who's the father of a trial lawyer that represents patent trolls

[@Captain-Jinn]

Or one that doesn't understand those darn-fangled new computers and how their magic works.

[@darkness445567]

"People from Texas are dumb" -SpongeBob, 1999

[@BoodskiBro]

Most of these don’t go to trial. Small businesses are faced with a choice between paying the troll off or risk lots if legal fees

[@sundog_01]

There's a guy named Dan Avidan, and either his grandfather or his great grandfather essentially invented the adhesive part on electrodes and has saved millions of lives, and they have their patent just hanging up on the wall like it's nothing, and I think that's really humble honestly.

[@evek3976]

As disgusted as I am by the "patent troll" companies, I find more disturbing that our senators can be influenced by the lobby groups to vote a certain way, even when goes against our best interests. Is this not corruption? Is there a website that lists senators and the bills they voted for or against, so we can know whose interests they serve? Or how about a website that reveals the origins of their campaign donations?

[@elguapo1690]

Oh you sweet summer child.

[@TabrisChen]

Damn that draw a cat song (dance) is catchy

[@KyleTheLEGOMaster]

Lol

[@PuNkFuMeSt1027]

Tabris Chen Sounds like the "How it's made" theme song/transition music. They have a patent on it.

[@chanachon56]

PuNkFuMeSt1027 Oh god is Last Week Tonight gonna be sued?

[@PuNkFuMeSt1027]

Yep, and that cat guy.

[@saladsnack]

Tabris Chen Somewhere in the world a crazed 40 yr old cat woman is ordering 100's of drawn cats

[@catfromcentauri3762]

As a Texan... I can confirm an outdoor ice rink sounds like a nightmare, we usually put them in air conditioned malls... And yes, that is exactly like a raccoon!

[@dankcatsmemes9219]

Go To your Outdoor Ice

[@Fungamerplays]

I lost my shit when he did that raccon impression

[@fraudr100]

I think watching it at 0.25 speed is the greatest thing ever (I encourage watching the whole thing, but the impression is from 9:54 to 10:14).

[@artvandelayimports]

try showing that part to your friend with no context

[@fraudr100]

RandomVideos I actually did, with expectedly laugh-inducing results.

[@DeadStuffGuy]

Does anyone know if there's a video of just that clip on here? Really wish I had some video editing software right now

[@MatthewSmith-sz1yq]

Honestly I have watched every single one of his videos multiple times, but that raccoon impression is still just unexpected. Like yeah, he does a lot of funny impressions and stuff, but just the noise... the noise got me. HNGEEHEHEHE!!!! HNGEHEHEHE!!!

[@AliHSyed]

Fuckk John Oliver is just too good; only he can take a topic as boring as patent law and make me laugh more than any movie/standup/.. well fucking anything.

[@Treble0096]

I am from Marshall, TX and I knew about none of this. I have nothing but shame in my heart.

[@EmilioReyes_97]

Treble0096 No shame in ignorance or obliviousness. Just in weather or not you ignore it

[@hazukichanx408]

+Emilio Reyes - Seconded. There's a very big difference between "I didn't know of an injustice" and "I knew, but pretended not to see". Sadly it's not an easy difference to distinguish from an outside perspective.

[@DaDunge]

@@hazukichanx408 I'd say it's hardest to distinguish from an inside perspective. Did I really not see or was I just fooling myself that I didn't?

[@donnakaye2015]

Thats a shame. Ive visited Marshall several times. Its a lovely city.

[@richardskingdom]

Not your fault, sorry they are using your town like this

[@lizardquinceanera6893]

"Hhhhttttthhhhsssssss hhhhhhttttthhhhhhhhssss hhhtttthhh" -John Oliver 2015

[@underwaterlion5453]

Me: "Finally time to go to bed. Maybe I can get 7 hours of sleep today!" *Looks at alarm "11:30" Me: "Wait a second" *Opens KZbin sees new Last Week Tonight episode Me: "Sleep is for the weak"

[@theblokheader]

J Lal I hear you! Out in the east coast we have to wait until 2:30 AM for LWT, but its absolutely worth it!

[@SanchoJacinto]

J Lal I thought I'm the only one

[@THEajk313]

lol good morning from Eu

[@THEajk313]

:P

[@MathieuBouvier]

J Lal I own a patent for looking at a clock but not going to bed. You can settle for $2500.

[@aleksa2413]

I may be the most boring hero, but I am still alive unlike most others who fought the hydra.

[@phrophetsamgames]

Hail Pragmatus! The most pragmatic of heroes!

[@nicholasavasthi9879]

+Pragmatus did you create this account solely for the purpose of this comment?

[@Ghotet]

[@TheRealpennyInfo]

This guy

[@CaptainDoomsday]

To be fair, you also didn't fight the hydra, and aren't a hero.

[@gizoginjr]

Patent "trolls" are named in the same way as internet trolls; it's not "under a bridge" trolls, but fishing. Trolling in fishing involves slowly dragging bait through the water and hoping something sees it and takes the bait. What patent trolls do is collect patents and hope something comes along they can hook.

[@scotthall4548]

gizoginjr yes. He knows that. We all know that. It's called humour.

[@donparker5349]

@@scotthall4548 Are you sure John Oliver knows anything about interweb trolls? I haven't seen him make a video on actual interweb trolls before...

[@manueldg5177]

Captain obviously

[@aargon3521]

This video is material for my college course, apparently you are the gold standard for information on patents.

[@BrentDoolittle]

This guy is the only guy who can take something so fundamentally boring, like patents, or infrastructure, or sugar, and in the span of 20 minutes make me super interested in it, and then at the end I still do nothing about it.

[@oheaven74]

You are so right; it's incredible! :o

[@TheKasperHermans]

You don't even do little about it?

[@nukestrom5719]

Well, non of them are fundamentally boring if you look at what they are.

[@sarahoshea9603]

To be fair, most of us don't have the time or money to do anything abt these things. Most of us are struggling to live and suffer from debilitating exhaustion. That's why we fetishise the apocalypse, it's the only real way most of us can imagine the "hard reset" we need.

[@donparker5349]

@@sarahoshea9603 Who keeps a fetish about the Apocalypse??? We watch KZbin for entertainment and trivia. That's all KZbin really is at the end of the day. KZbin is pretty much the TV of the newer generations.

[@michaelhelium]

8 years later, still a problem, yet this video was the highlight of my day.

[@websnarf]

Thank you John Oliver! This issue goes even deeper. Patents actually harm innovation in the industry, whether people realize it or not. But I'm grateful at least someone is talking about this.

[@cerberusloyalist5038]

Raccoon Congress has to be THE funniest bit John Oliver has ever done.

[@bunnyfaceperson123]

he just reads the script you know...

[@cerberusloyalist5038]

+snitch delivery is an extremely important part of telling a joke. Additionally if you think he doesn't have creative input, then I dunno what to tell you

[@bunnyfaceperson123]

+liam prieto - I'm just saying, your 9th grade english teacher wasn't the best writer of all time for reading "a tale of two cities" aloud

[@cerberusloyalist5038]

+snitch You're reaching. Go play with your stamp collection.

[@bunnyfaceperson123]

+liam prieto - wtf. that would ruin their value. theyre all hermetically sealed.

[@JayKayK]

In Denmark, anyone who files a lawsuit that ends up in court has to pay for the costs of the trial if they lose, it's common sense, I never expected a country would not have a system like this. I guess now I know why Americans are notorious for frivolous lawsuits.

[@JayKayK]

***** I mean honestly, this law seemed obvious to me when i learned about it back in 8th grade, how in the name of god can you have a legal system without a law like this?

[@Jumbii]

***** thought the same...it all makes sense now! Oo

[@kennyakati5837]

***** We try to change the system but the greedy rich big businesses keep shutting it down with all their lobbying. So annoying.

[@pkeros]

***** Most European countries do this (called "fee-shifting"), but the reason why the US doesn't fee-shift is that it chills plaintiffs who don't have much money and are afraid of losing to big corporate defendants. We do allow fee-shifting in frivolous patent cases, and a recent case (Octane Fitness) made the standard for recovering fees easier to meet. I'm not ready to completely go to a fee-shifting regime for all cases, but it's clear that it has a place for curbing frivolous lawsuits.

[@lnt305]

That's only if you win a 100% though. Most cases in e.g. Germany don't have a black & white conclusion, so everyone pays their own fees

[@Khorothis]

Remember that line from Devil's Advocate? "Why the lawyers?" "Because they are the new priesthood, baby!"

[@Unb3arablePain]

Patents really help individual engineers like me. You can make something, patent it, and nobody can steal your idea and if your invention is baller you can go from formal wear to riches. But yes, the system if horrendously abused.

[@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai]

+Unbearable Pain Yeah, but's let's say I'm an a-hole, and let's say you invented a better technique for compressing images really efficiently, like 100 times better, and I patented image compression. You get what I mean? I get the concept, but the problem is so big that it's starting to hurt small engineers, artists, and the like.

[@scotthall4548]

Is there a system in the U.S. that isn't abused? " the road to hell is paved with good intentions"

[@nitinpandey6037]

@@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai you can't copyright image compression but u can copyright the code and software u make for that compression

[@edgrimm5862]

@@scotthall4548 As someone in the US, the only response to that I can come up with is, is there any system anywhere that isn't abused? I'd really like to know, because if there is, I'd like people to study it and learn from it to see how we could apply its techniques to other systems. Unfortunately, having watched how my fellow humans act, including some people from abroad who seemed to think our country was so outrageously broken from a political perspective, until I spoke with them and asked them about how things are done in their country and how their governments and companies avoid this sort of abuse, my guess is, what most people who heard about it would probably do would be to study it to figure out how to abuse it. So unfortunately, I feel like I have to request that you keep your answer to yourself. But if you know of such a system, I ask you, be supportive of it.

[@scotthall4548]

@@edgrimm5862 sorry. freedom of speech. should i respectfully ask you the same ? another point being it was my opinion, not an answer

[@cah137-y4s]

People are shocked when I say that I hate Thomas Edison. Want to know the reason why? Because he pulled this kind of sh*t all the time.

[@raghavramki9938]

Christoph TSS Tesla got robbed

[@SanchoSanto]

He sure did. That's why I was happy when control of his company was taken from him by investors. The name of the company was also changed to General Electric removing Edison for ever. Ha!

[@donparker5349]

@Stephanie Logan Edison was so cruel that he created his version of the electric chair to discredit alternating current. I think he also electrocuted a circus elephant named Topsy just to discredit Tesla. I hate Edison just as much because of his lack of ethics.

[@Chris24_]

a whole episode about the Fine Bros.

[@heirofpolio7703]

why?

[@heirofpolio7703]

the fine bros are a KZbin channel right?

[@Chris24_]

Yup, the ones with the React Channel.

[@heirofpolio7703]

Christopher De Freitas and?...

[@leandrosvarus6943]

Go to google and put in "fine bros patent react".

[@AKhoja]

For anyone who hasn't watched the vid yet, skip to 9:58 You won't regret it.

[@softwaregames1032]

Wtf 😂

[@leo_brooks]

Thank you that was fucking amazing

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

WHY THE FLYING FUCK can you PATENT a PROCESS?

[@alexnguyen8913]

+Sam Geuvenen Welcome to America! Give me your money bitch

[@EmpressLeana]

capitalism

[@hugobalder1866]

+Sam Geuvenen you can do this everywhere. the reason is that there are really complicated processes, like in producing medicine or stuff. you use old methods and machines but in a new process. and that is an invention and therefore you can get a patent on it. but only in america can you get a patent or so minor things like how you move your rag when cleaning you window

[@BlueEyesWhiteTeddy]

+hugo balder I wanna patent the process of C6H12O6 + O2 -> H2O + CO2 get rekt life u hav to pay me lotsa moneh.

[@RiseOfTheKumquat67]

+Barend “Feyre” D That's not Capitalism, that's greed: a cancerous lust for absurd amounts of money and power that lurks within capitalism ready to ruin the system at any moment. Capitalism, like most economic policies, doesn't have a safeguard against human imperfections. If trusts and monopolys aren't regularly broken up, it drags down the free market. In order to have a truly free market, the playing field has to be leveled every few decades.

[@emerycarroll9614]

You have been sued for using that patented dance please comply

[@Megalomaniakaal]

+Emery Carroll you must have meant to say please cease & desist, or be sued..

[@elaineb7065]

So when's the Sue-sical coming out???

[@tarrker]

I'm sure the trolls would come after the cat dance guy if they thought they could.

[@mechanoid2k]

+tarrker That guy is trollin for all of us.

[@deathlyhallows8495]

So Shark Tank is basically the american version of Dragons Den?

[@amc2316]

yes

[@deathlyhallows8495]

+amc okay thanks

[@tesshope4449]

Exactly

[@thehoundschicken1746]

Yiss

[@Justanotherconsumer]

Part of this is also student loan reform - stop subsidizing lawyer education when there's already a surplus in the profession. Bored and unemployed lawyers looking to make a quick buck are at the core of the patent troll problem. Working with the ethics of lawyers so that clear abuse of the system is seen as professional misconduct rather than the expected method of business is a broader and thornier issue.

[@jimthehermit8113]

If only America was a democracy, life would be a lot better.

[@utubewastingmytime]

+Jim the Hermit Like two wolves and a sheep voting what's for dinner? If that's how it worked Atheists would be placed in concentration camps in America. Sorry, but I just don't have enough faith in humanity for a pure democracy.

[@Fred-ju1xs]

+Jack DeLise It's not about figuring out whose getting paid by corporations, almost all of them are. It's getting that information to the public that's tricky. Give it a shot. Find out all the pac donors for your state senator. Not that easy.

[@WhynoMoral]

Believe me. Democracy is bullshit.

[@patrickkanne]

+0x1A3C3E7 "the majority of voters are honest, reasonable, and fair." You forgot "well-educated and informed"...

[@LHCGrim]

a republic is better then a democracy less flaws. theirs still flaws obs.

[@stealthwolf1]

I started this video expecting a Shark Tank reference. Was not disappointed.

[@thesingerintheshower]

I love John's version of the shoulder dance!!!!! ❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏

[@literallymyusername8291]

Ah John Oliver, the sensible guy who exposes wrong and deceitful entities, gets college-aged children riled up, and then nobody does anything about anything.

[@MrNight48]

W. deflect not to mention that there is so much that is wrong that it becomes the question "where do I start, this seems like a lot of work...maybe I should take a nap first"

[@BunnyCentauri]

W. deflect Well, it's better than being ignorant like most politicians in the congress right now

[@DomakChard]

W. deflect What makes you think no one is doing anything about anything? It's easy to just be cynical and be one of the ones doing nothing, rather than get involved yourself and see the good some people actually do.

[@parhhesia]

W. deflect You obviously missed the whole Net Neutrality thing.

[@swingro2011]

These patent trolls are like the KZbin Networks. They take your money and produce nothing.

[@TheSilverPhoenix100]

+swingro well the shitty ones do the good one protect you from losing you channel via copyright strikes from patent trolls

[@NickRoman]

+TheSilverPhoenix100 So, basically an expanded extortion model?

[@pixelsandbacon]

+NickRoman StatSheep is pretty good, you get 65% of revenue and protection from strikes

[@Hoi_A]

Reminder that thats 65% of the 45 (possibly 55)% that youtube splits with you already. You dont need a network to prevent strikes, just follow the rules, and dont do videos on nintendo stuff :P

[@that_llama_in_a_tuxedo4584]

+Hoi_A it's a lot more complicated than that. A lot of times their is false DMCA strikes which is most of them and when it is actual companies who thinks their in the right networks can provide legal backing.

[@SimGunther]

Now, if only John Oliver would do an episode of fair use. Hmmm...

[@Ottuln]

+SimGunther I can't imagine why he shies away from that topic...

[@bunnyfaceperson123]

+Wreqt - ask the research team that writes the 200 page research paper for the comedy writers to make into a TV script that tells john what to say (each episode) why they arent doing your fav topic...

[@mathewshewan3948]

The only part of your comment i have a problem with is " tells john what to say". Yes of course he has a team to work with but i seriously doubt that he would say anything he didn't believe was true. I am sure that he is just as much a part of the research team as the people behind the scenes. It's just that he got picked as the "face" of LWT.

[@Ottuln]

snitch Probably because he is beholden to one of the most rampant abusers of fair use and copyright law, not because he has feelings one way or another. About as shocking as the stance he was allowed to take on net neutrality.

[@bunnyfaceperson123]

Mathew Shewan - He absolutely has no part in the research or in deciding what he is going to say. If he doesn't want to say something, he gets fired.

[@playlifes26]

How about those companies who patented inventions in America that they copied from third world countries. i saw a lot of products presented in shark tank that is a copy from third world countries and patented by an american.

[@jojochen3360]

+playlifes26 Then the third world company is screwed. A similar thing happened to SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) in Europe. There are some absurd cases where US companies simply patent a well known process from the EU and force the original inventor to pay if they want to market it in the US.

[@madshummelshj-agerholm3820]

+Jojo Chen wait, i thougt EU had its own patent system. Cant the invertors challenge the copanies on this?

[@jojochen3360]

Mads Hummelshøj-Agerholm No, if a (EU) company is sued in the US for an alleged US patent infringement then the company has to defend itself in the US (or withdraw from the US market). There exist many "patents" in the US that could never be patented in Germany or the EU as they are simply too primitive or because there is prior art. In the US these issues are often dealt with in the court, when the patent is challenged. (I'm not a patent lawyer, and this expresses my best understanding of the situation)

[@madshummelshj-agerholm3820]

Jojo Chen okay. That sucks. But thanks for telling me.

[@japoniano]

+Mads Hummelshøj-Agerholm They can challenge the patent trying to prove USPTO shouldn't have awarded it in the first place

[@aromaladyellie]

I feel like patents should expire after like two years if the person who what filed it doesn't DO anything with it except sue. Like lets say you have a patent for, I dunno, tablecloth weights to prevent the damn things from billowing up when someone exhales. But you never actually MAKE any weights with it, you just sue every Wendy, Marion, and Darryl on Pintrest and Etsy who make tablecloth weights out of fishing gear and fimo clay. Your patent for the idea would expire after two years because you're not actually USING the patent to make anything except money.

[@jesseli9868]

But then you could game the system by producing like 1 product and "selling" it to a friend or something once every 2 years.

[@aromaladyellie]

Jesse Li I never said it was a perfect idea. It would need some work, like you have to show actual proof over the course of those 2 years you're actually using the patent for something.

[@jesseli9868]

Ellie F I never said that the idea should be thrown out because of a few flaws; I was simply mentioning one of them. Thing is, though, "using it for something" is actually pretty vague, and correct me if I"m wrong, but vague wording tends to be terrible when it comes to law. It also tends to affect innocent bystanders. So this idea is a good idea, but needs some serious work to prevent it from being too vague.

[@aromaladyellie]

Jesse Li Well, exactly. It does need work. I don't make laws. I just kick around ideas that are better than what we currently have.

[@CouchKiwi]

I believe in that my home New Zealand, but definitely in several countries across the world, there is a system where patents do expire and then nobody owns them. I am 95% sure this is the case in your country. Doesn't stop the abuse of this sort of crap happening if it is, just keeps it to a smaller time period. As you saw though, half a trillion dollars since 1990... That's insane money

[@thanosv.1964]

John is the best introduction to academic problems. Really helps you understand the problem.

[@ITsIMP0RT4NT]

Fucking LOVE this man!

[@jusbertmeza4424]

Patrick Walston who doesn't

[@colorado1164]

Trump

[@spol3278]

i loved him first

[@soapibubblesthestrange9972]

S Pol Nuh-uh, I did!!

[@shenghan9385]

Patrick Walston love fucking this man? Really?!

[@poppedfloor4422]

Can I patent water?

[@Babanla420]

Sorry, water company already did that. You can't collect rain water or dig a bore hole(well) An American company caused a riot in Bolivia(if I'm not mistaken) a few year ago because of this water rights

[@glenm99]

+Milky Cowish Water's not useful any more? Man, am I out of the loop....

[@anujpancholi8293]

+Nigel Star Can I patent sex?

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

+Nigel Star: Sorry to butt in, but not only do I have patents on the individual and combined forms of hydrogen and oxygen, I also have a patent on merely ASKING whether their combined form, water, can be patented. I'll see you in court.

[@Megalomaniakaal]

+glenm99 I recon it was insinuated water would have to meet the criteria of being all of the above.

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

I like how John Oliver has side tangents and jokes. Really keeps the attention, like this is a great channel for people with ADHD.

[@meosh930]

0:42 Barbara: "I'm Barbara and for that reason I'm out."

[@marccolten9801]

Didn't she fund the lobster roll food truck guys? They were at a local food fair (in Georgia) and while it was a nice change they were pretty expensive and I've had better (in maine)

[@TheZeroJoker]

Reminder to lobby your congressperson about issues you care about, especially if a relevant bill is on the horizon. They're like untrained pets, they need your constant cajoling in order to do anything. Otherwise, they will just go for the shiny object and cave to corporate lobbyists, or else they'll just lie around and do nothing.

[@onkelpappkov2666]

Wow. That is apt. I now imagine a video game that has you groom, feed and motivate congresspeople so they do good things in return. Harder difficulties have you fight lobbyists off while maintaining an adequate happiness and stress level. If happiness goes down, they go for the shiny. If stress goes up, they vote erratically. This could have serious depth now that I think about it. I wonder how close we'd come to simulating an actual government.

[@ianj705]

It’s better to make corporate lobbies illegal

[@isenokami7810]

The problem with having to lobby so hard for your interests: more than half the reason you need to do it is that lobbyists on the opposite side of your argument, with a lot more money than you, have members of Congress in their pockets. Damn, it really sucks that Trump tainted the phrase “drain the swamp”, because that’s what we need: take out all the corrupt politicians and get rid of the lobbyists trying to push harmful corporate agendas, and replace them all with people who actually give a damn about building a better future for this country. With how bad things are now, I think the only way to have anything change is to effectively push the reset button by having the swap happen almost instantly.

[@richardskingdom]

@@onkelpappkov2666 Love your idea!

[@rgderen88]

This comment accurately describes why I'd love to be a career politician.

[@sventreffinger3027]

software patents are the worst thing in this industry, that exists. Adobe owns a patent on a god damn side ruler. As if nobody ever could come up with the idea of setting a value from 1-100 by moving a cursor along a line. Amazon owns the famous "One-Click" patent, which I never even understood what the fuck they patented in the first place. Others patent math. Yes, math. Software patents are a curse. They do not help anyone, but the ruin a lot of really nice things. I will not go to the "open source or death" lengths, paying for software is fine. Patenting rounded edges (looking at you apple) however, what the hell...

[@plazasta]

Sven Treffinger wait what? One click patent? I'm out of the loop

[@4philipp]

Parents are often used to prevent copy cats from undermining the market. If I have a design and expect it’s effective lifespan to be 3 years, I want that time period protected. It’s used in medicine all the time. Generics only come to Manet when the patent expires.

[@plazasta]

@@4philipp of course, the original idea behind patents is, like with copyright, wonderful. The issue is when those laws get abused

[@4philipp]

plazasta there is abuse in everything. The more we try to regulate things the more we leave backdoors open for abuse.

[@plazasta]

@@4philipp pretty sure that's not true. If increasing regulations made things worse then we'd never change anything regarding rules or laws

[@Rentheworld]

I want my ringtone to be a recording of John Oliver making the sound a raccoon makes lmao that's hilarious

[@mouselife247]

I just kept laughing. Wow. God, John Oliver and the show team, thank you for existing

[@Phoenix-yk7ne]

I've been through the patent process before and let me tell you, it is a pain to deal with. Researching beforehand to make sure that your idea doesn't infringe on pre-existing ideas is nearly impossible And without a lawyer, that process becomes 10x harder. I actually got a patent denied because aspects of the design were similar to something that someone else had used for a completely different idea unrelated to what I was trying to patent. I honestly feel so sorry for companies who have to deal with patent trolls. Aside from them, my main issue with our patent system is how it can really put a stop to innovation. While it is essential, especially for small businesses who fear that without protection their ideas will be stolen and used by larger companies, it makes it difficult to combine ideas and innovate without infringing upon others ideas. There was an issue a while back where the creators of the wikipad sued Nintendo for their joycon design due to patent infringement. They wanted to have Nintendo halt all sales of the Switch, which is a ridiculous demand. The worst part is, the wikipad hasn't been on the market for years.

[@lizzigilmore5813]

OH MY GOD!!! THAT RACCOON IMPRESSION 😂🤣😂🤣 XD 10:00

[@rigopatino8622]

Raccoon impression at 10:00 was gold

[@drunknhighmillenial2802]

Mr. Oliver has changed my views in everything. Thanks man.

[@magister343]

Having no patents whatsoever would be far better than the current system. You don't need patents anyway. Even patent lawyers will often admit that it is often a better business model to rely on trade secrets and private contracts which severely penalize anyone that shares those secrets.

[@Elk0990]

How is it gonna prevent people from copying your idea after you put it on the market? Some products probably don't rely on the secrets as much.

[@Elk0990]

***** The state can't own everything.

[@Elk0990]

***** Don't think that's possible, how are the people suppose to make decisions for numerous state owned enterprises when they can't even vote for a good government right now?

[@Elk0990]

***** How do the people take control of all the businesses through their government exactly?

[@Elk0990]

You understood my question just fine. It's just that I find the system of yours hard to become reality, and that maybe I'm not understanding your thought on how to make it work. I don't think that the majority of the people are that competent to decide a company's future, and those who have no knowledge about companies that they don't care about, just might be the best puppets to manipulate by the elites. in other words, there must be someone taking charge of each industry, and those people are the perfect candidate of selfishness and corruption. I can't speak specifically since it's a broad discussion, but that's my thought so far.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox7893]

Best. Raccoon impression. Ever.

[@ekdaufin1485]

Pragmatus bids you farewell!

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

Perfect thing to watch when grinding levels in Bravely Default.

[@thehistorians5231]

"i own the idea of breathing anyone who breathes has to send me five dollars a day or i will sue" that is the worst case scenario

[@ethanberg1]

The Austin Meyer segment is about X-Plane, a flight simulator we use every day at work.

[@SynthoidSounds]

Despite the comedic delivery, patent trolling is no trivial matter. Perhaps some viewers here just are not familiar with the concept, or the actual processes of successfully filing (and then defending) patents. I work in specialized materials, nanomaterials, alternative energy sector related development, and other specialized tech sectors. No laughing matter here . . . patent trolling has become a horrendously expensive threat to innovation and development. If you are not familiar, or don't understand the concept, PLEASE study this, carefully. Then offer your comments.

[@RelentlessOhiox]

Okay but the point of this is to take serious things and find some humor in them. That's literally his job. Anyone with a brain knows its serious. What a stupidly condescending statement. Maybe you should reconsider the obvious before you offer your comment.

[@mbirth]

In Germany (and most probably several other countries) you have/had to prove a specific "Erfindungshöhe" (level of inventiveness) before you could file a patent. This means if it's something trivial everyone else could have come up with, you can't patent it. The problem with that is that the people who are deciding over such things are probably 90 years old and don't know anything about this modern thing called "software" (apart from their electric typewriters). So they let through anything trivial as long as it's described in a complicated manner. Because they don't know better. At least that's my theory.

[@sylvrtygr93]

I live in East Texas and learned about the ice skating rink here. Didn't know Marshall was such a big deal.

[@ArtyomGalstyan]

This is actually a simple blackmailing. There should be laws put in place preventing this practice.

[@maxheadrom3088]

6:25 did you know the American Rule (each part pays their own legal costs) is used only in America? The English Rule (the losing part pays everythin) is used almost everywhere. Economic power is above the Law in the US.

[@PhiThePentagramJoke]

Dark engineering. “ Is there a formal presentation?” Hahaha haha

[@JazSimone]

I wonder if he writes his own material? He delivers everything so effortlessly, like it's something he made up. (As far as the comedic parts go).

[@sorenmatthies3464]

Jaz Simone He has a great writing team. But you still need comidic Timing. You could give me his Script and i would suck

[@JessemyBeadle]

He used to write for other comedy shows too, if you look at where he started

[@PrincessFelicie]

>Goes to I'll draw a cat for you >Every drawing is inept, identical in structure to a fault and awfully overpriced Sometimes, it's really, really hard to have faith in humanity.

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

9:35 that man is a character. Nice aesthetic.

[@johnlibbywelling2806]

I wish they would have given him The Daily Show. Trevor Noah just doesn't have the touch of bitter outrage needed to fully look at the absurd and infuriating.

[@SolZaer]

+John Libby Welling no because he has his own show. so two is better than one. they would not of made an entirely new show for trevor.

[@johnlibbywelling2806]

+Sol Zaer yeah I just think more people have access to The Daily Show than HBO. Two shows are good, I just think Oliver has a better understanding of our absurd media and politicians.

[@SolZaer]

KZbin. That is the only way i watch this stuff. I dont have cable anymore. just internet

[@cytherians]

+John Libby Welling I think Trevor Noah is doing a fine job. But John Stewart was so iconic, you really can't replace him. It's great that Oliver and Noah have their own shows and thankfully we can catch them both via the Internet.

[@SolZaer]

Honestly, I don't think John would of survived this election cycle. I truly, honestly believe he would given himself a heart attack trying to make sense of this. Better he stay on his farm and rest in peace for the rest of his life.

[@hibbityschwibbity6202]

Ok that cat drawing guy was great but I'm not going to sit here and ignore the fact that he rhymed "you" with another "you" in his rap

[@beccajj2323]

1:01 John is too pure for this world

[@nathanbandstra6390]

john olivers new dance class

[@iancurtis1152]

I lost it with a bowling alley in space🤪

[@dosenwibu]

This is the very first LWT video I saw because my professor of "industrial organization" played it in class two years ago, since then I've been hooked with LWT

[@inoakazawa9733]

That Raccoon sound... XD

[@JeremyHall]

440 raccoons did not like this video

[@edwarddundon-smith9059]

481 patent trolls are trying to figure out how to sue John Oliver for being funny

[@IZn0g0uDatAll]

+Jeremy Hall The really sad thing is that on issues like the Europe migrant crisis or the sexism on the internet, the amount of dislike grows to over a third. But well... KZbin comments are luckily not so representative of society as a whole...

[@DJK5364]

+Yusuf Omar (Mandrill) SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@SuzukiYNathie]

+Jeremy Hall 500 now

[@SZRLM]

+Jeremy Hall He should have just done a Bradley Cooper impression

[@geckoladyemma]

Can John Oliver please do 3 hour lectures

[@negroitisshmitzler1348]

the cat guy looks like Edward snowden

[@Scixxy]

Dubstep remix of the raccoon impression in 3... 2....

[@adde9506]

Thought this said Parents not Patents. It was so worth it. Much better than what I thought I was getting.

[@elainerogers9595]

My dad is a patent examiner along with my mom, I always get to hear their frantic yelling after every interview. Funfact: apparently west coast attorneys are entitled and trying to decipher poorly translated claims lead to nights of downing lots of wine.

[@MadHatter42]

Okay, I've been watching John Oliver videos all week, and what the hell is up with him and raccoons? He bashes raccoons more often than Family Guy bashes Meg Griffin.

[@1967sluggy]

It's his hilarious raccoon impression.

[@MadHatter42]

+Bazingaman 117 I mean, as far as YOU know.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

+Mad Hatter Watch the CSI season 4 episode "Fur and Loathing." You'll understand then what horrid creatures raccoons are and why they shouldn't be near bald-headed men called "Pretty Kitty."

[@qqq122qq]

Oh god, fuck that piece of horseshit.

[@isenokami7810]

Meg Griffin bashing is sad. Joe Swanson getting just as many cripple jokes, even from himself, is downright insulting even to someone who isn’t handicapped.

[@blknightsixtyfo]

I love you man, don't stop being you.

[@Josbird]

can you patent the US patent office

[@LameGeneration91]

where would you go to get the patent?

[@kagamineririn]

Well obviously the.... I don't know, The Somalian patent office?

[@ToddtheExploder]

Hey, John, Marlon Perkins just called to see if you’d be interested in performing your spot-on raccoon imitation on “Wild Kingdom.” Edit: Brought to you by Mutual of Omaha.

[@HazelGEvans-eb1ig]

I'm from Marshall, TX and 1) hearing John talk about Marshall is 100 times more surreal than when I stumbled on the videos where he mentions Joe Exotic the other day, and 2) that ice rink was during Christmas time, as part of Marshall's "Wonderland of Lights" they do every year; that's not a year-round thing

[@sirdeadlock]

Why is it always raccoons?

[@ratatouille5172]

Becase why the fuck not?

[@sirdeadlock]

SPLOOSHIN MAN All I'm saying is I notice the frequent mention and impersonation of raccoons. Almost as often as he says "No!" like an angry 9 year old before dropping into real-talk mode like a father talking to a son. Don't get me wrong, I love watching the guy. I'm just seeing a pattern.

[@antcommander1367]

i guess he's half-raccoon in discuise.

[@sirdeadlock]

+Antcommander He is the spawn of a man and a raccoon. He is... raccoon born! Fuss ro-dent!

[@jusbertmeza4424]

maybe cause it's his best animal impression (which is the best ever) and he likes to do it lol

[@Kanakotka]

Calling X-plane an app is a complete and utter insult to what X-plane is. It's a flight simulator. Your alarm clock on your phone is an "app".

[@daviebananas1735]

It is an app too though, for android. And it’s this apps specific code which made it a target for being sued.

[@Kanakotka]

@@daviebananas1735 No. An app is short for an "applet", a tiny single-purpose application, which are common on mobile devices. Calling an application or a program "an app" is like calling a tree "a leaf".

[@daviebananas1735]

@@Kanakotka are you kidding me??? App is short for software application. You can’t just define words how you want to to win a bizarre argument. You’re wrong. Take the L.

[@Kanakotka]

@@daviebananas1735 Or, alternatively, you just check the definition of the word "applet". All you had to do.

[@daviebananas1735]

@@Kanakotka It’s completely irrelevant. The “apps” that he is discussing here are patently mobile applications. That’s what people mean when they say apps. Just because you know of another obscure usage of the word, doesn’t change common usage. He is describing mobile applications and calling them apps, which is what they are. Hence why you buy them from the APP store on iPhones. It is not the applet store. It’s the application store. Also, I’ve looked up several definitions of applet and NONE of them even mention the word APP.

[@xamzax]

I'm sitting here a bit sad because I saw the garbage can joke coming a mile away, but Then he did that thing and said the line "That's a good impression... As far as you know" I love you John Oliver and writing staff. You are all tremendous!

[@nathanbandstra6390]

if that guy has a patent on the shoulder move shouldn't john oliver pay just to use it?

[@lordeisschrank]

and THAT is the reason why software patens don't exist in normal countries