All the big MMO's getting sued. - Page 4

Northerner · 09-23-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ephron

servers are back up per the server page.

I'm totally patenting a notification of server restart status through an html interface now.

PosterOfStuff · 09-23-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tibbar

Similar to the blackberry patent
Settlement reached in BlackBerry patent case - BlackBerry Battle- msnbc.com
Cliffs from a class where we talked about it briefly:
Some guy patents the idea to have a way to gather information from one source on the fly, patent buying firm buys his patent, he dies, everyone forgets about the patent, In Motion creates blackberry, few years later the patent buying firm sues them for violating the patent.

I thought it was deeper than that. Blackberry was shown to use parts of the "way" that was patented in the code/tech they had.

brekk · 09-23-2009, 09:44 PM

Yeah, Blackberry had blatantly copied some chunks of code I believe.

The Dauntless One · 09-25-2009, 01:42 PM

I got intrigued and decided to search microsoft's case and apparently the appeal happened 2 days ago. After reading this, I feel that i4i's case will not go as smoothly as it did in Texas. They'll probably get some money but nowhere near the ridiculous amount that they were awarded from the Texan judge.

maskedmelon · 09-26-2009, 01:03 AM

A similar suit was brought up within the last year or so by worlds.com. They started by filing suit against NCSoft in Texas. Worlds.com apparently holds several patents including 'system for allowing users to interact in a virtual space" and a system for scaling said system.

Virtual Worlds News: Worlds.com Files Suit Against NCsoft for Patent Infringement

Apparently there was identifiable prior art in that case, most notably Air Warrior. This suit seems to be founded on similarly obscure grounds.

Traldan · 09-26-2009, 01:50 AM

God damn patent trolls. Fuck the whole system over.

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maskedmelon J-Cup Idolator Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 64 -8 Internets	A similar suit was brought up within the last year or so by worlds.com. They started by filing suit against NCSoft in Texas. Worlds.com apparently holds several patents including 'system for allowing users to interact in a virtual space" and a system for scaling said system. Virtual Worlds News: Worlds.com Files Suit Against NCsoft for Patent Infringement Apparently there was identifiable prior art in that case, most notably Air Warrior. This suit seems to be founded on similarly obscure grounds. Last edited by maskedmelon; 10-23-2009 at 01:40 PM.. Reason: sig

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09-25-2009, 01:42 PM	#49 (permalink)
The Dauntless One Flaccid Steel Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 2,283	I got intrigued and decided to search microsoft's case and apparently the appeal happened 2 days ago. After reading this, I feel that i4i's case will not go as smoothly as it did in Texas. They'll probably get some money but nowhere near the ridiculous amount that they were awarded from the Texan judge.