Dumb question maybe but how can they sue a Swedish company? As far as I know there are no such things as software patents in Sweden.
Probably because Mojang sell their product(s) in the US.
Mojang, makers of Minecraft, sued by patent troll
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#22This is hilarious. Mojang is on not subject of US laws, US software patents can not be enforced either. So Mojng can totally ignore that case.
Dangerous ... A default judgement could prevent them from selling Minecraft in the US, and could implicate other companies helping them who are based in the US (ie. Google & Appple because their stores are presumably located there).
How do you prevent sales in the US if it's only sold online? They can't order blocking using geolocation since the company is in Sweden... now I'm curious.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dangerous ... A default judgement could prevent them from selling Minecraft in the US, and could implicate other companies helping them who are based in the US (ie. Google & Appple because their stores are presumably located there).
How do you prevent sales in the US if it's only sold online? They can't order blocking using geolocation since the company is in Sweden... now I'm curious.
[I'm not saying any of this is right, just pointing out how it's done]
(1) You go after the companies collecting the money (Visa etc) and delivering the app (Google, Apple). These very much have physical offices and principals in the US.
(2) You arrest people who dare to fly through/over/near the US. See: legal UK gambling companies.
(3) You attempt to extradite anyone not caught by (1) or (2), if necessary pushing for one-sided extradition and IP laws to do so.
Re: Mojang, makers of Minecraft, sued by patent troll
#25SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC DATA. When are governments finally going to do something about the patent system?
When are people going to start reading more than just patent titles?
This specific system and method involve using a card inserted into a computing device paired with a server over a network for authentication. It goes deeper than just the title.
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#26This is hilarious. Mojang is on not subject of US laws, US software patents can not be enforced either. So Mojng can totally ignore that case.
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#27Uniloc is Australian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Richardson and it won more than $300m from MS.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you prevent sales in the US if it's only sold online? They can't order blocking using geolocation since the company is in Sweden... now I'm curious.
[I'm not saying any of this is right, just pointing out how it's done] (1) You go after the companies collecting the money (Visa etc) and delivering the app (Google, Apple). These very much have physical offices and principals in the US. (2) You arrest people who dare to fly through/over/near the US. See: legal UK gambling companies. (3) You attempt to extradite anyone not caught by (1) or (2), if necessary pushing f…
I don't know US law, but is this http://www.quizlaw.com/patents/what_are_the_penalties_for_pa... correct? You see, if there's only monetary penalties and company is sued then no individal is in danger of any sort. I mean (2) and (3) often came around in such discussions, so I have to ask: is anybody ever arrested in US and thrown in jail when that somebody's company potentially owns money to somebody. Because at least in Europe I'm not aware of cases even when some individual owns money to somebody and he can be arested - the only method of extracting money out of somebody is seizing the assets.
Realistically (1) is the only thing you can do as patent owner. All you can do is try to prevent sales in US. But still, Swedish company can not break any US law.
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#29I love how the Plaintiff has called the game 'Mindcraft'!
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably because Mojang sell their product(s) in the US.
But what happens when they don't have a legal entity in the US? Who will enforce it?
They can stop the distribution in the United Stares. In addition, Swedish courts would probably honor the decision of the US court.