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Microsoft cofounder sues Apple, Google, Facebook, more
The four patents in question cover "obvious" features used by countless sites today. They mostly describe ways to present related information to consumers while they browse the Web. For instance, one patent allows a site to offer suggestions for items related to what a person is currently viewing. Another allows readers of an article to locate related posts.
Those are pretty broad descriptions, so there's no telling how successful the suit will be. Most of the defendants haven't responded, but a Google spokesperson has said the suit "reflects an unfortunate trend of people trying to compete in the courtroom instead of the marketplace." You can read the patents in full here: 6,263,507, 6,034,652, 6,788,314, 6,757,682.
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Guest on August 27, 2010 5:37 PM |
Hackemate? |
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kg363 on August 27, 2010 6:23 PM |
That's pathetic. Way to wait until a decade after it was copied... |
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captaincranky on August 27, 2010 6:27 PM |
Doesn't any statute of limitations apply to anything, anymore? |
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Guest on August 27, 2010 7:01 PM |
Maybe they're trying to gather funds for their next advertisement campaign, you know, for that thingy called Windows Phone Something... |
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Guest on August 27, 2010 7:08 PM |
Good for them. If it was my idea I'd do the same. Funny how people cry about it when it's MS people doing the suing. |
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st1ckm4n on August 27, 2010 11:24 PM |
Haha, and the patent links are via Google Patents. 
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Richy2k9 on August 28, 2010 1:58 AM |
hello ... i think there is patent & 'patent' .... someone can't just go & fill tons of ideas they can't put forward themselves & later on tax others for using same for there are no other routes or of some similitudes ... it's like someone in the beginning go & fill a patent for human to breathe in & out oxygen, as no one would think of 'owning' this process in the first place, then tax all humans for they do so ... i think those delivering patents should have strict conditions applied. tomorrow i can go & fill a patent for an idea of an invention i just don't have anything material or knowledge to create & when the real genius get the job done, i'm in for some milking .... OK, i'm off filling patent for the following: time machine (oops! already taken), hyper-hd resolution, synthetic brain-powered computers ... LOL (Oops, do i have to pay anything also for saying some words !!?) cheers! |
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gobbybobby on August 28, 2010 4:36 AM |
LOL just LOL. |
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tengeta on August 28, 2010 11:49 AM |
I guess Microsoft wants to make up for all the suing against them over the past 5 years. You don't poke the bear people. |
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captaincranky on August 28, 2010 11:55 AM |
I think he's just mad cause Bill Gates gets all the attention, and most of the money. |
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Guest on August 28, 2010 4:01 PM |
I think he's just mad cause Bill Gates gets all the attention, and most of the money Yeah, I read "Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen" and immediately thought, "Paul Allen...oh yeah, I remember hearing about him once."
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Tekkaraiden on August 29, 2010 8:14 PM |
I kind of hope he's doing this to prove how messed up the patent system is. |
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Guest on August 31, 2010 11:19 AM |
...and just below the original article, in a subtly passive-aggressive condemnation of Paul Allen's legal action, the Wall Street Journal included "Related Stories" and "Related Videos"... |
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lpmjames on September 11, 2010 12:04 AM |
Guest said: oprah = stedmanI think he's just mad cause Bill Gates gets all the attention, and most of the money Yeah, I read "Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen" and immediately thought, "Paul Allen...oh yeah, I remember hearing about him once." gates = allen he was just there to rub gates' feet at night |
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Guest on September 11, 2010 1:03 PM |
No point in suing at the start...all you get is lawyers fees to pay. Let them make some money and settle for millions |
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