Patenting a Plot | MetaFilter:

"Can you patent a plot? On Tuesday [Novermber 22, 2005], the USPTO published an application for patent that is certain to test the limits of the USPTO's authority to grant or deny a patent. It is also an interesting exercise in self-promotion. U.S. Patent Application 20050244804 entitled 'Process of relaying a story having a unique plot' is the brainchild of Andrew Knight, a registered U.S. Patent Agent. Mr. Knight is a principle in Knight and Associates a patent attorney firm who bill themselves as '[...] the first patent prosecution firm to attempt to obtain utility patent protection on fictional plots.'"

The diatribe against software patents Why Can't I Patent My Movie? will need to be re-written...