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Started by Owyn, Feb 09 2012 05:26 PM

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#1 Owyn

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 05:26 PM

Patent Troll Claims Ownership of Interactive Web – And Might Win

http://www.wired.com...nt-troll-trial/

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#2 BurgersNFries

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 05:28 PM

Does Al Gore know about this?

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#3 Owyn

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 02:27 AM

Texas Jury Strikes Down Patent Troll’s Claim to Own the Interactive Web

http://www.wired.com...ive-web-patent/

#4 jbenson2

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 02:37 AM

As for the many companies that settled with Eolas, they might be regretting their decision in light of the verdict.

Those companies include: Apple, Argosy Publishing, Blockbuster, Citigroup, eBay, Frito-Lay, JP Morgan Chase, New Frontier Media, Office Depot, Perot Systems, Playboy Enterprises International, Rent-A-Center, Sun Microsystems (bought by Oracle while this litigation was underway), and Texas Instruments.

Ouch!

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#5 gbarry

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 04:51 PM

This American Life had a quite good episode on the growing patent wars. It literally comes down to numbers when there's a lawsuit on the line.

http://www.thisameri...-patents-attack

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#6 GrumpyMonkey

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 05:04 PM

That episode was brilliant and sad at the same time. Patent translation is a lucrative field, and I used to bring sample patents into my classes for translation practice. One of my favorites was a Japanese patent on pizza. LOL. There was also one for Indian curry. These are fun to read, but think about the man-hours devoted to this kind of skullduggery.

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#7 Owyn

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 05:39 PM

Yeah. It was ear opening when I first listened to it. Still topical on a re-listen.

#8 jefito

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 06:34 PM

Win, lose or draw, the lawyers still win...

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