Your comparison between Microsoft and apple is garbage to say the least. Apple has not made anything close resembling Microsoft in fact they have made " better" more well designed devices. I'm not saying Apple has a reason to SUE. But what I am addressing are apple haters total disregard the facts put forward. This is not about Apple suing Microsoft. This is about a guy who has clearly nothing better to do then to start suing everyone in sight. Don't support his cause.
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Your comparison between Microsoft and apple is garbage to say the least. Apple has not made anything close resembling Microsoft in fact they have made " better" more well designed devices. I'm not saying Apple has a reason to SUE. But what I am addressing are apple haters total disregard the facts put forward. This is not about Apple suing Microsoft. This is about a guy who has clearly nothing better to do then to start suing everyone in sight. Don't support his cause.
I'm patenting your retarded response that someone invariably posts on a thread about patents (except when Apple is suing someone).
tl;dr
just wanted to be one of many saying, "baaaah! Another bleeding patent troll."
Mr. Allen would be better off spending his time & money funding those projects of his in Seattle. Especially the concept of building micro-cities for genetic engineering & research. I'm sure he'll find more return on his dollars in that field than blowing $$ on lawyers & years of court room drama.
this is just a total ********ng waste of the time of courts everywhere.
edit: grrrr...this makes me even more irate, as I consider that this company of his existed last century! So much has changed in tech. that those patents he holds from way back then could only vaguely resemble current implementations of those ideas.
just wanted to be one of many saying, "baaaah! Another bleeding patent troll."
Mr. Allen would be better off spending his time & money funding those projects of his in Seattle. Especially the concept of building micro-cities for genetic engineering & research. I'm sure he'll find more return on his dollars in that field than blowing $$ on lawyers & years of court room drama.
this is just a total ********ng waste of the time of courts everywhere.
edit: grrrr...this makes me even more irate, as I consider that this company of his existed last century! So much has changed in tech. that those patents he holds from way back then could only vaguely resemble current implementations of those ideas.
Indeed, these patents were filed by Interval Research when the commercial web was still in its infancy. Two date back to 1996, before Google even existed and while Steve Jobs was still in exile from Apple. Interval accuses a long list of giant tech companies of infringing U.S. Patent 6,263,507, which was filed on December 5, 1996, and issued on July 17, 2001. AOL, Apple, Google, and Yahoo are accused of infringing U.S. Patent 6,034,652, which was filed on March 22, 1996, and issued March 7, 2000. According to the complaint (PDF), Google was publicly acknowledging Intervals technical and financial contributions in documents dated 1998.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/paul-allen-is-no-patent-troll/2360
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/paul-allen-is-no-patent-troll/2360
Sure sounds like it. He was able to get it patented, though, which is pretty interesting.
Jeezuz H. Christ, the guy invented the alarm clock!
ROFL!
There's no "obviously" about it. There are too many numnuts around here for anything to be obvious. That's why the sarcasm smilie was born.
Apple messed with the wrong dude, because he has enough money to build a ship and fly to the moon to litigate this.
Intellectual Ventures has amassed more than 20,000 patents through invention, acquisition and partnering with universities. It states on its Web site that, "While litigation is possible in any business, it is not a goal of IV."
Gates, Mundie, Flake and others are listed as inventors on patent applications filed by Intellectual Ventures affiliate Searete LLC, covering concepts such as determining behavioral influences on Internet users by gauging their interaction with others.
Allen has also helped generate a number of ideas included in Intellectual Ventures patent applications, according to public filings. The Microsoft co-founder has contributed to concepts including methods of seamlessly transferring calls among different devices, according to the filings.
Gates, Mundie, Flake and others are listed as inventors on patent applications filed by Intellectual Ventures affiliate Searete LLC, covering concepts such as determining behavioral influences on Internet users by gauging their interaction with others.
Allen has also helped generate a number of ideas included in Intellectual Ventures patent applications, according to public filings. The Microsoft co-founder has contributed to concepts including methods of seamlessly transferring calls among different devices, according to the filings.
Gates, Mundie, Flake and others are listed as inventors on patent applications filed by Intellectual Ventures affiliate Searete LLC, covering concepts such as determining behavioral influences on Internet users by gauging their interaction with others.
Pathetic
Does this man not have ENOUGH money?
Embarrassing.
Time for Paul Allen to just go away.
Does this man not have ENOUGH money?
Embarrassing.
Time for Paul Allen to just go away.
Paul Allen should be sued by Mark Andreessen and NCSA Mosaic.
They developed the first browser.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_Mosaic
They developed the first browser.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_Mosaic
Hmmm, browsed them, don't see much of a difference.
But, good luck to all parties involved
You don't see a difference between using patents defensively and in a patent counter suit versus using your overly vague patents to troll for anyone willing to settle out of court? Don't quit your day job.
Troll indeed!
I wouldn't have a problem if Mr. Allen filed the lawsuit decades ago. After all these years only now? This makes you think that he just going after for the money. This patent protection should become void when the claim is been copied/develop after 2-3 years in public market. Come on for a company like Apple it's not hard to miss when they copied your intellectual property after it's been out of the market for even a year. Troll indeed!
I wouldn't have a problem if Mr. Allen filed the lawsuit decades ago. After all these years only now? This makes you think that he just going after for the money. This patent protection should become void when the claim is been copied/develop after 2-3 years in public market. Come on for a company like Apple it's not hard to miss when they copied your intellectual property after it's been out of the market for even a year. Troll indeed!
As The MS Empire Expires
These ex-MS guys just keep ruining whatever legacy and reputation MS has left.
Of all of them I only liked Gates.......
These ex-MS guys just keep ruining whatever legacy and reputation MS has left.
Of all of them I only liked Gates.......
Patent Expiration
For just how long are these patents good? Maybe he's doing a "hail mary" to get whatever he can out of something about to disappear.
For just how long are these patents good? Maybe he's doing a "hail mary" to get whatever he can out of something about to disappear.
Allen has the Typical Patent troll defense. He doesn't actually produce anything, so you enter into patent sharing or threaten counter suits.
You're right, but why are you bashing Microsoft?? They're not the one who is suing, it's Paul Allen. So once again why bash MS??