Newegg vs. Patent Trolls: When We Win, You Win

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Post by nkurz » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 4:37 AM UTC

Newegg vs. Patent Trolls: When We Win, You Win
blog.newegg.com

Re: Newegg vs. Patent Trolls: When We Win, You Win

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Post by ild » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 5:34 AM UTC

Another well-known Troll fighter is Vizio.

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Post by emirozer » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 8:44 AM UTC

Please excuse my ignorance on this topic.

- Why is this happening in the first place?

- Who is this entity that grants a loose patent?

- Why isn't this entity being interrogated ?

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Post by csvan » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 9:01 AM UTC

emirozer wrote: post #3

Please excuse my ignorance on this topic. - Why is this happening in the first place? - Who is this entity that grants a loose patent? - Why isn't this entity being interrogated ?

1. Because horrendously broken patent system. 2. An examination body integral to the horrendously broken patent system. 3. See 1.

Re: Newegg vs. Patent Trolls: When We Win, You Win

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Post by yenda » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 9:12 AM UTC

No patent for ideas in Europe, problem solved.

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Post by yenda » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 9:15 AM UTC

ild wrote: post #2

Another well-known Troll fighter is Vizio.

Another well known patent troll is Apple, patenting your hands movements and phone shape since 1984. Allowing the marketing industry to replace the hardware industry product after product.

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Post by ghayes » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 9:41 AM UTC

yenda wrote: post #5

No patent for ideas in Europe, problem solved.

The Alice[1] opinion moved US law closer to what you are looking for, rejecting patents that are simply ideas "by means of a computer."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Corp._v._CLS_Bank_Int%27...

Re: Newegg vs. Patent Trolls: When We Win, You Win

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Post by andresmanz » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 9:49 AM UTC

> An example of this is Sovereign who bought the rights to a shopping cart.

If anyone wants to google them and can't find anything (like me), that's because the name is Soverain, not Sovereign.

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Post by soup10 » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 9:50 AM UTC

yenda wrote: post #6

ild wrote: post #2

Another well-known Troll fighter is Vizio.

Another well known patent troll is Apple, patenting your hands movements and phone shape since 1984. Allowing the marketing industry to replace the hardware industry product after product.

Doesn't help much apparently, since android is one of the largest software design 'thefts' ever, and the only thing they couldn't include was 'swipe to unlock' and the apple logo.

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Post by rplnt » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 9:58 AM UTC

soup10 wrote: post #9

yenda wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another well known patent troll is Apple, patenting your hands movements and phone shape since 1984. Allowing the marketing industry to replace the hardware industry product after product.

Doesn't help much apparently, since android is one of the largest software design 'thefts' ever, and the only thing they couldn't include was 'swipe to unlock' and the apple logo.

Don't they pay Apple and Microsoft for various patents though? The vendors that is.