Ultimately a patents strength is defined by how it holds up in court. Getting away with patenting something is only good if it can stand up in court. We'll just have to see what happens (years from now...).
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Microsoft Co-Founder's Firm Sues Apple and Others in Patent Dispute
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Ultimately a patents strength is defined by how it holds up in court. Getting away with patenting something is only good if it can stand up in court. We'll just have to see what happens (years from now...).
fine then....im patenting breathing ....through your nose and mouth....muahahahha
No wonder the patent office is overwhelmed. Two of those are the same thing!!
Hey, I patented the invention to make you look 5º to the left when someone says something. I mean, seriously?? Also again, why the patent office is overwhelmed with the BS people submit.
Hey, I patented the invention to make you look 5º to the left when someone says something. I mean, seriously?? Also again, why the patent office is overwhelmed with the BS people submit.
What a sad pathetic yet completely predictable reaction from the cult of apple. When apple sues someone over patents they are just defending themselves. As soon as anyone else sues over a patent they are evil, or trolling or just trying to extort money.
What a joke.
I have it figured out, Allen's yacht the OCTOPUS was bumped down to number 12 on the list of Most Expensive Mega-Yachts and he sold his other yacht.
Word has it he's buying THIS ONE to have the World's Largest Yacht, but not sure if it bumps off the Most Expensive which is the $400+ million Eclipse owned by a Russian billionaire.
I have it figured out, Allen's yacht the OCTOPUS was bumped down to number 12 on the list of Most Expensive Mega-Yachts and he sold his other yacht.
Word has it he's buying THIS ONE to have the World's Largest Yacht, but not sure if it bumps off the Most Expensive which is the $400+ million Eclipse owned by a Russian billionaire.
This is getting Extremely Ridiculous
Someone should sue Microsoft for using a mouse on Windows.
And the inventor of television should sue the computer industry for violating a patent about "displaying moving images on a device".
Paul Allen must be so broke that he's trying to find an easy break by suing over non-sense patents. And the patents office should set limits on what can be patent and what can't.
It's all pure and ridiculous BS.
Someone should sue Microsoft for using a mouse on Windows.
And the inventor of television should sue the computer industry for violating a patent about "displaying moving images on a device".
Paul Allen must be so broke that he's trying to find an easy break by suing over non-sense patents. And the patents office should set limits on what can be patent and what can't.
It's all pure and ridiculous BS.
If you want to defend your ideas you lash out right when the offense is done in order to keep your idea all your own. If you want to extort money, you wait until a ton of people are doing something similar to your idea and then you sue them.
This would fall under the latter.
Someone should sue Microsoft for using a mouse on Windows.
And the inventor of television should sue the computer industry for violating a patent about "displaying moving images on a device".
Paul Allen must be so broke that he's trying to find an easy break by suing over non-sense patents. And the patents office should set limits on what can be patent and what can't.
It's all pure and ridiculous BS.
He certainly isn't broke.
But...
When Apple and Microsoft were going at it over the IU/UE of Windows and the Mac OS, where did you stand? Was Apple a 'patent troll"? Or was Apple the good guy for protecting its intellectual property?
I agree with the posts that said it the software patent process that is broken, not Paul Allen's, potential, legal rights.
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When Apple and Microsoft were going at it over the IU/UE of Windows and the Mac OS, where did you stand? Was Apple a 'patent troll"? Or was Apple the good guy for protecting its intellectual property?
I agree with the posts that said it the software patent process that is broken, not Paul Allen's, potential, legal rights.
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iPhone 4..jailbroken and totally hacked; 17" MBP running plus Fusion and Win 7
This is really sad. Growing up in the Software industry in Seattle, I always had a lot of respect for Paul Allen. I really liked how he ventured out to do other things. But patent trolling.... I would have never thought they'd/he'd stoop this low.
They really need to do something to stop this sort of law suits. Letting things go unchecked for years and then coming along and slapping down a law suit is just wrong.
They really need to do something to stop this sort of law suits. Letting things go unchecked for years and then coming along and slapping down a law suit is just wrong.
According to Forbes, Allen is worth $8B more than Jobs. Perhaps he is just protecting his inventions eh..
People !!
Listen very closely.
This is NOT Microsoft suing. Ok ? It is NOT Microsoft suing.
It is Paul Allen's IP Company. It has nothing to do with Microsoft.
PLEASE stop the MS bashing. They have nothing to do with this.
Listen very closely.
This is NOT Microsoft suing. Ok ? It is NOT Microsoft suing.
It is Paul Allen's IP Company. It has nothing to do with Microsoft.
PLEASE stop the MS bashing. They have nothing to do with this.
The title says Microsoft's co-founder firm. NOT Microsoft.
Paul Allen has NOTHING to do with Microsoft anymore. He quit 15 years ago.
He only owns shares.
These patents are HIS not Microsoft's.
Paul Allen left MS in 1983. He may have co-founded MS and is still a large shareholder, but he is not currently employed by MS or has anything to do with their current operations.
This is not MS suing for patents, but Paul Allen and some now defunct think tank he once bankrolled that are now bring the suit.
I hope you're joking. Because if you aren't you are clueless concerning Paul Allen's relationship with Microsoft.