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Facebook sued over 'like' button

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Re: Facebook sued over 'like' button

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Post by blauwbilgorgel »

bluetidepro wrote: post #2

The article is pretty vague, it would be nice if they had more details on these two patents.

Here is the original complaint (pdf)

http://www.rembrandtip.com/pdf/2013-02-04RembrandtSocialComp... (With Facebook and AddThis as defendants)

Here are the two patents in question

http://www.google.com/patents/US6415316 (1998, Method and apparatus for implementing a web page diary)

http://www.google.com/patents/US6289362 (2001, System and method for generating, transferring and using an annotated universal address)

And here is a patent supposedly in the hands of Facebook right now, that references one of the above patents. This is now used to claim that Facebook knew of the patents, and willfully infringed them.

http://www.google.com/patents/US7907966 (2011, System and method for cross-platform applications on a wireless phone).

Re: Facebook sued over 'like' button

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Post by L4mppu »

blauwbilgorgel wrote: post #3
bluetidepro wrote: post #2

The article is pretty vague, it would be nice if they had more details on these two patents.

Here is the original complaint (pdf) http://www.rembrandtip.com/pdf/2013-02-04RembrandtSocialComp... (With Facebook and AddThis as defendants) Here are the two patents in question http://www.google.com/patents/US6415316 (1998, Method and apparatus for implementing a web page diary) http://www.google.com/patents/US6289362 (2001, System and method for generating, transferring and using an annotated universal address) A…

When will these stupid patents die out?

Re: Facebook sued over 'like' button

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Post by DanBC »

blauwbilgorgel wrote: post #3
bluetidepro wrote: post #2

The article is pretty vague, it would be nice if they had more details on these two patents.

Here is the original complaint (pdf) http://www.rembrandtip.com/pdf/2013-02-04RembrandtSocialComp... (With Facebook and AddThis as defendants) Here are the two patents in question http://www.google.com/patents/US6415316 (1998, Method and apparatus for implementing a web page diary) http://www.google.com/patents/US6289362 (2001, System and method for generating, transferring and using an annotated universal address) A…

I'm having trouble understanding the claims and drawings of the US6289362 patent, especially all the AUA stuff.

i) It feels a lot more relevant to something like Pinterest.

ii) Isn't the product they're describing just a copyright violating website?

iii) Isn't the core of the product, the AUA, just a list of URLs? Isn't this just a regular CMS? Were there really no CMSs before 1998?

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