Questions tagged [patents]
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Does Amazon's patent of the photography studio have any meaning for us?
Amazon patented the photography studio with a trivial setup. This is an example of patenting something everybody knows about, which the patent applicant did not invent, and which is in use in lots of ...
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When were white seamless backgrounds and platforms first used in studio lighting?
Amazon has just been granted a patent on the method for using:
A white seamless background
An elevated platform
Rear-facing lights
...in order to make the entire background and platform disappear ...
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