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Re: I just got sued for patent infringement for operating the voo2do.com todo list

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Post by mileszs »

felixmar wrote: post #27
qw wrote: post #24

That's one of the reasons why I wouldn't move to the US and start a business. I think a software company really have only two choices. 1. Ignore patents completely and hope for the best. or 2. Have trouble sleeping, knowing that you might have to spend a large amount of money on a lawsuit that you will probably win anyway.

IANAL but i think non-US startups are also targets for patent lawsuits if they have US users. And many startups have little chance of success if they have to stop serving US users.

It appears you are correct: In this particular lawsuit, Remember The Milk is named. They are located in Australia.

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Post by noonespecial »

paulgb wrote: post #40
tc7 wrote: post #30

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6917941.html I don't blame the patent guys for not reading it. "Man, that sentence said "said" like 487 million times ! Pass that thing on, dude." Stamp of approval here.

I've been wondering lately why lawyers and politicians write in the indecipherable manner that they do. Is it really that difficult to write unambiguously in English, or are they just doing it for job security?

They way they write is actually a protocol like html. Many on the words used are magic and have special meaning in a legal context.

That being said, the legal system most likely has grown purposely obtuse over the years. They do, in fact, collect some of the highest rates per hour of nearly any profession to argue about what the definition of "is" is.

Re: I just got sued for patent infringement for operating the voo2do.com todo list

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Post by noonespecial »

Any and all nerds, geeks, and IT professionals:

Channel Intelligence, its directors, high ranking employees and investors are at this time placed on the Information Technology No Fly List. Please do not sell this company or these individuals any form of information technology service.

This includes web hosting, network support, system administration, and even PC repair.

I also urge taxi drivers to drive right by them in the rain and small children to make faces at them in public.

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Post by ctingom »

noonespecial wrote: post #43

Any and all nerds, geeks, and IT professionals: Channel Intelligence , its directors, high ranking employees and investors are at this time placed on the Information Technology No Fly List . Please do not sell this company or these individuals any form of information technology service. This includes web hosting, network support, system administration, and even PC repair. I also urge taxi drivers to drive right by th…

No doubt their mothers are hamsters and their fathers smell of elderberries.

Re: I just got sued for patent infringement for operating the voo2do.com todo list

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Post by huherto »

LogicHoleFlaw wrote: post #11
henning wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A patent is much more valuable if it's upheld in court. I thought that was the idea behind patent trolling: get a bullshit patent, go after a bunch of little guys, try some kind of divide and conquer strategy with them, hope you win and get your bullshit patent upheld. Your patent is now much stronger and more dangerous. Congratulations, you're a litigious douchebag.

I just hope to high heaven that we see more responses like the following: http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/blue-jeans-str...

Amazing! They are messing with the wrong guy.
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