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Re: Patent Pool to Thwart Open Source Codecs 14 Years Ago by Chromatix …are: 1) unique - they cannot overlap an existing patent or published invention (ie. prior art). By definition this…compensation to the per-pixel level). Quite simply, patent reform is overdue, and must focus on restoring …Their decisions are already strongly influenced by the toxic patent climate, and these decisions affect citizens on other… Patent on Streaming Porn Tossed Out 15 Years Ago by slfisher …URL="http://www.eff.org/files/acacia-patent-invalidated.pdf"]patent thrown out[/URL] by the U.S. …for the Northern District of California. Acacia Research's patent on streaming media technology had been targeted by the …[URL="http://w2.eff.org/patent/wanted/patent.php?p=acacia"]Electronic Frontier Foundation[/URL] … Patent Pool to Thwart Open Source Codecs 14 Years Ago by khess …17 -0700 All video codecs are covered by patents. A patent pool is being assembled to go after Theora and other…source. Sent from my iPad [/QUOTE] Does this mean that patent holders are going to launch an all-out war on…quot;http://www.apple.com"]Apple[/URL] and other patent holders decide that you've infringed on their patents (whether… Re: Patent Pool to Thwart Open Source Codecs 14 Years Ago by Aristaeus IBM, Google, Novell all have large patent portfolios. Wouldn't it be nice if they got together … field. Then we could see just how many instances of patent and copyright infringement on GPL'd code are in their… Re: Patent Pool to Thwart Open Source Codecs 14 Years Ago by Chromatix … Google, which is perfectly big enough to stand up against patent litigation. I seriously doubt that any *other* valid patents could… Re: Patent Pool to Thwart Open Source Codecs 14 Years Ago by mikeDC … it. If there is money to be made or lost, patent ownership has a right to be enforced. But as Chromatix… Facebook Scores A Win In Patent Lawsuit 14 Years Ago by CatRambo …/2008/05/30/rising-trend-of-disgusting-patent-squatting"]patent squatting[/URL]," where a company files… other companies for infringement. Facebook has faced similar patent lawsuits, such as one from Phoenix Media, charging… that Facebook had violated a patent covering the creation of individual personal pages for … Re: Facebook Scores A Win In Patent Lawsuit 14 Years Ago by Gena777 …/10/how-to-file-a-patent/"]patent litigation[/URL] case was that the patent was found invalid only because …of the patent holder's commercial activity before issuance…being the case, I'm not sure that "patent squatting" applies as an accurate characterization in this … Nintendo granted gaming IM patent with possible implications for Microsoft Xbox Live 18 Years Ago by happygeek …quot;]Nintendo[/URL] has been granted a broad stroke patent covering a “messaging service for video game systems …all, of the chat system functionality described in the patent. What is more interesting than the potential for legal…especially considering that the company was also awarded a patent earlier this year for voice-to-text chat conversion … Microsoft patent filing is stupid rather than evil 17 Years Ago by happygeek … have taken something of an interest in Microsoft patent filings. Everything from ergonomic keyboard navigation design through… competence." Worrying stuff indeed, if this patent turned into a product that would let management monitor… biometric-centric realm. In a nutshell, this patent filing would appear to be suggesting that groups … Apple Files Patent for Remote Disabling of Stolen and Jailbroken iPhones 14 Years Ago by Glass_Joe …sending you to the clink for your tomfoolery. The patent, titled "Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users…dinner? More on the inclusion of jailbreaking into the patent:[QUOTE]"An activity that can detect an unauthorized…to continue using them after the promises of this patent are implemented is sure to leave many Apple … Re: Nintendo granted gaming IM patent with possible implications for Microsoft Xbox Live 18 Years Ago by happygeek I suspect that the patent lawyers (spit) will earn their keep by arguing that the Nintendo patent is sufficiently different to be valid, and that everyone else infringes sufficiently to have to pay. Re: Microsoft patent filing is stupid rather than evil 17 Years Ago by jwenting I've often thought that Microsoft's patent policy is defensive rather than offensive. Come up with an idea you don't want worked out into a product, develop it just enough to have a viable patent, then file for that patent so a competitor can't do it and possibly harm you. JPEG challenged by Patent 19 Years Ago by ! ! …quot;) filed a formal request with the United States Patent and Trademark Office today to revoke Compression Labs Inc.'…s ("CLI") patent on data compression that the company is widely asserting …, PUBPAT submitted previously unseen prior art showing that the patent, which was issued in 1987, was not new and… RedHat's Patent Suit Settlement: Ill-Gotten Gain 16 Years Ago by khess …opininon has not kept them out of the courtroom for patent infringement suits however. They are currently still involved in… a patent suit with IP Innovations over 3 of its user …interface patents. Patent infringement is serious business and can reel in some major… Re: Apple Files Patent for Remote Disabling of Stolen and Jailbroken iPhones 14 Years Ago by Dani … they currently have the technology, and want to file a patent, to take and transmit photos of me using my phone… Googles Patent is out 19 Years Ago by techniner …do I know this? Google have recently filed United States Patent Application 20050071741 on March 31, 2005. In which many of… Spaming Google are drawing to a close. With this patent they reveal just how hard they're coming down on…Spam is made clear in the following extract from the Patent. Mention is made of changing the focus of multiple pages… Google Owns the Patent of Its Home Page 15 Years Ago by sam09 … blogs that fter five years, Google has finally owned the patent to the design of its home page. So anyone who… tries to copy its design will face patent infringement from Google. The patent refers to whole Google Home Page as a… Re: Google Owns the Patent of Its Home Page 15 Years Ago by quicktpgo So u mean Google Owns the Patent of Its Home Page until today?? I can't believe it! I think company like Google had patent of all its products! Alcatel-Lucent patent ruling goes against Microsoft 16 Years Ago by newsguy … Inquirer[/URL] Microsoft has lost the long running Alcatel-Lucent patent case. The US International Trade Commission has ruled against Microsoft… Luckern's ruling that Alcatel-Lucent infringed Microsoft's '439 patent. We look forward to receiving the detailed ruling so we… Re: Google Owns the Patent of Its Home Page 15 Years Ago by Dani I'd really think that their design is WAY too generic to be patented. Must be why deliberation on whether or not to grant the patent took 5 years. Webinar on Protecting Companies and Open Source Projects from Patent Troll 12 Years Ago by BuckE … you protect your company or favorite open source projects from patent aggression? One strategy is to use defensive publication, the process… Microsoft loses Great Patent Race (again) 15 Years Ago by happygeek … were good enough to be granted patents from the US Patent and Trademarks Office, cementing the Big Blue reputation as being… Re: Patent on Streaming Porn Tossed Out 15 Years Ago by MktgRob I have seen similar actions attempted by companies in terms of supposedly trademarked terms. One company I have worked with received a letter from a law firm that threatened them with a possible cease and decisit order if they did not stop using a specific term or paid an annual fee to keep using it. It turned out to be a fishing trip to generate… Re: Patent Pool to Thwart Open Source Codecs 14 Years Ago by yeeeev Well, time to roll out the guillotines... Re: Patent Pool to Thwart Open Source Codecs 14 Years Ago by kksza29 open source has always been a good thing for regular people. I guess when it comes to money and greed, some people want control of everything. it's sad. Re: Patent Pool to Thwart Open Source Codecs 14 Years Ago by JasonHippy It seems to me that the only reason these corporations are starting to persecute open source projects is because they represent a growing threat to their greedy profit margins! This quote sums things up nicely (not sure who originally said it!): Nothing is done for the common good where there is money to be made. In recent years there has been a … Re: best language to program in and when to get a patent. 16 Years Ago by MattEvans …explains, in excrutiating detail, exactly what part/concept the patent covers, and why, and in which circumstances, that part…/concept is original. Instead, you'd generally patent all of the small aspects of the game, so…existance of such prior art should invalidate any subsequent patent application, but there are occasions where they do … Re: best language to program in and when to get a patent. 16 Years Ago by tiger86 … I put this board to rest. Do I need a patent for my game or does a copyright work just fine? Re: best language to program in and when to get a patent. 16 Years Ago by michinobu_zoned … I put this board to rest. Do I need a patent for my game or does a copyright work just fine…