Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
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Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
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Re: Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
#2I mean, to the author, thank you. Can't believe it cost $150,000+ for the open source community to go through that litigation...
Dorsey, and all the SV billionaires who made money off open source, perhaps it's time you "contribute back" by financing the fight against patent trolls...
Re: Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
#3Can someone ELI5 what this the RPI patent (US9936086B2) even tried to patent? Their claims look like the description of just any digital camera and a connected web service (Google Photos).
Re: Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
#4> “offers a number of ways to wirelessly share photos online such as through social media.”
How was it possible to patent this in 2018?
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/01/50/f8/a8e7c12...
Re: Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
#5There needs to be anti-SLAPP style legislation for patent trolls. I honestly don't understand why there isn't: it seems like an easy PR win for legislators. Who would be against this (except patent trolls)?
Re: Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
#6> “offers a number of ways to wirelessly share photos online such as through social media.” How was it possible to patent this in 2018? https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/01/50/f8/a8e7c12...
Seems like the patent office will sign everything that stands still for a certain time, regardless of their merits
Re: Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
#7> “offers a number of ways to wirelessly share photos online such as through social media.” How was it possible to patent this in 2018? https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/01/50/f8/a8e7c12...
It was filed in 2008, seemed granted in 2018
Re: Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
#8Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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#9Re: Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights
#10Good on Mr. Smith. But was he in any way involved with the legal defense team for GNOME?
The story reads to me like GNOME spent $150k on a legal defense that saved themselves and carved out a little niche for FOSS projects, but otherwise allowed the patent troll to continue profiting from this patent.
> Of course, that’s little comfort to the 20+ victims attacked after GNOME with the now-proven-worthless Rothschild ‘086 patent, or the 50+ companies targeted with related patents that haven’t yet been re-examined.
Meanwhile, it looks like Mr. Smith basically did what the GNOME defense team should have done from the start and got the patent invalidated, with no funds to speak of.