TONGUE BUZZING PATENT FIGHT

From the Houston Chronicle: when is a buzzing tongue more than decorative? When it is an adult novelty, of course!  It appears that the "trendy" practice of piercing ones tongue has another more utilitarian function, one that the rather timid editors of PHOSITA blush to even mention.  Let's just say that it enhances peristalsis. 

The story is an all too familiar one in our 21st century society:  JKK invents and patents a vibrating tongue stud.  KPlus also invents a vibrating tongue stud and receives a patent (entitled Lingual Vibration Device) after JKK receives their patent.  Simple so far you say?  Ah the twist:  KPlus filed their patent (their device being called a Tiggler) before JKK filed their patent and that is where all the vibrating fun, so to speak, begins. 

So you have what is a becoming a commonplace story in American technology: dueling vibrating studs.  It is almost a Grisham novel in proportions -- add in the fact that the parties came to blows during a deposition and the levels of drama go spiraling upward.  Oh, and by the way, it is illegal to sell "marital aids" in Texas -- so there are criminal allegations involved as well.  Confused yet?

If there is someone in Huston -- please send me a copy of the complaint, I am dying to see it.