Patent troll suing everyone for using Internet he invented... he may win...

[RabidMongoose]

Federal Food and Drug Administration pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act

That has nothing to do with patentability.

 

[ElFenix]

wired blurb on the defeat of the patent troll

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/20...ium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru

 

[Kantastic]

If Apple can patent how phones are unlocked with a swiping motion, I do not see a problem with these alleged "patent trolls" defending their patent for interactive web browsing.

 

[Miramonti]

Some news has trickled out over the last 30 minutes!

The patents are invalid!

right on, texas is good for something! :thumbsup:

 

[Patranus]

wired blurb on the defeat of the patent troll

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/20...ium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru

So the system worked and everyone got their panties in a bunch over nothing.

 

[Bignate603]

Ummmm, sounds like you pretty much described our system as it currently exists.

How do patents help again?

I work for a big company. We have to pay license fees change our plans because small companies or inventors own an idea all the time. Nobody wants to read a news story about where people quietly negotiate a deal which is what happens the majority of the time. The stuff that makes it to the news is the crazy stuff where somebody goes completely bonkers. It's a tiny subset of the patents that actually get filed.

 

[Raduque]

Go Tyler! Some of my family is from there.

 

[Gibsons]

Go Tyler! Some of my family is from there.

Tyler?

 

[alkemyst]

How did this

turn into

OP, I think you misread the title, it says.. Interactive web, not internet.

grammer natzi.

 

[Anonemous]

As for the many companies that settled with Eolas, they might be regretting that pragmatic decision in light of the verdict.

Those companies include: Apple, Argosy Publishing, Blockbuster, Citigroup, eBay, Frito-Lay, JP Morgan Chase, New Frontier Media, Office Depot, Perot Systems, Playboy Enterprises International, Rent-A-Center, Sun Microsystems (bought by Oracle while this litigation was underway), and Texas Instruments

Wow guess he scared a lot of big companies into paying...

 

[-Slacker-]

Hell, if this man patented a specific method to cure AIDS and then decided to sit on it, does that mean society should trample on his rights as a patent holder? No.

YES

 

[Born2bwire]

Wow guess he scared a lot of big companies into paying...

You see, the threats from these patent trolls needlessly forced many companies to hand over large amounts of money rather than litigate the issue until finally someone spent a few millions of dollars to go through the litigation to invalidate the patents.

Patanus is right, the system really does work!