A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
1–10 of 85 posts
Re: A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
#2Nice. Lawyers love ex parte and amicus curveballs.
Wasn’t there some kind of prior art project set up to coordinate a large part of work like this? I seem to recall a big splash about crowdsourcing citations of prior art a few years ago, and now I’m wondering how this process and that are related. Was someone filing to challenge patents once enough people claimed prior art through that system or something?
Seems strange to make it so expensive to call bullshit, particularly since it sounds like the examiner erred on something so basic as the presence of an inductor.
Re: A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
#3Nice. Lawyers love ex parte and amicus curveballs. Wasn’t there some kind of prior art project set up to coordinate a large part of work like this? I seem to recall a big splash about crowdsourcing citations of prior art a few years ago, and now I’m wondering how this process and that are related. Was someone filing to challenge patents once enough people claimed prior art through that system or something? Seems stra…
Are you thinking of Ask Patents? https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/09/20/askpatents-com-a-stack...
Re: A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
#4Nice. Lawyers love ex parte and amicus curveballs. Wasn’t there some kind of prior art project set up to coordinate a large part of work like this? I seem to recall a big splash about crowdsourcing citations of prior art a few years ago, and now I’m wondering how this process and that are related. Was someone filing to challenge patents once enough people claimed prior art through that system or something? Seems stra…
Are you thinking of Ask Patents? https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/09/20/askpatents-com-a-stack...
That is indeed what I’m thinking of, but for some reason I thought it was something USPTO did. Looks like it’s just Q&A now, too, sadly.
Re: A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
#5Nice. Lawyers love ex parte and amicus curveballs. Wasn’t there some kind of prior art project set up to coordinate a large part of work like this? I seem to recall a big splash about crowdsourcing citations of prior art a few years ago, and now I’m wondering how this process and that are related. Was someone filing to challenge patents once enough people claimed prior art through that system or something? Seems stra…
It is cheap/free to do it when it is first filed (pre-issuance submission), it's only more expensive after it is granted.
Re: A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
#6Nice. Lawyers love ex parte and amicus curveballs. Wasn’t there some kind of prior art project set up to coordinate a large part of work like this? I seem to recall a big splash about crowdsourcing citations of prior art a few years ago, and now I’m wondering how this process and that are related. Was someone filing to challenge patents once enough people claimed prior art through that system or something? Seems stra…
It is cheap/free to do it when it is first filed (pre-issuance submission), it's only more expensive after it is granted.
Ah, that makes more sense. You had your chance, but we granted it.
Re: A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
#7Makes me wonder if Travis has a connection to Eric through Akamai. Eric's company, Speedera, was also acquired by Akamai in 2005. Travis's company, RedSwoosh, was acquired by Akamai in 2007.
Re: A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
#8> He then wrote a $6,000 personal check for the reexamination fee... “It’s definitely not a drop in the bucket for me,” he says.
> Swildens tells me from his home in Los Altos Hills, near Mountain View.
I can't help but feel that he's not being totally genuine here
Re: A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
#9> He then wrote a $6,000 personal check for the reexamination fee... “It’s definitely not a drop in the bucket for me,” he says. > Swildens tells me from his home in Los Altos Hills, near Mountain View. I can't help but feel that he's not being totally genuine here
> Swildens ended up selling Speedera at a discount to Akamai for $130 million
You’re not the only one.
Re: A Spectator Who Threw a Wrench in the Waymo/Uber Lawsuit
#10[deleted]