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Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by vkaku » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 12:59 AM UTC

Good for them. This is exactly how patent trolls should be handled.

Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by juanbyrge » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 1:07 AM UTC

dqpb wrote: post #4

Is there anything we can do as a community to go after Rothschild Patent Imaging and put them out of business?

I just donated $50 to their patent defense fund.

Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by sigzero » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 1:14 AM UTC

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #9

dqpb wrote: post #4

Is there anything we can do as a community to go after Rothschild Patent Imaging and put them out of business?

Regrettably, "the community" may not have standing to sue, however vile Rothschild may be.

Maybe not, but you can donate to the fund to help.

Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by guntars » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 1:15 AM UTC

jaimex2 wrote: post #7

dqv wrote: post #3

I just donated $25. It was easy. Match me!

I'll see your $25 and raise you $50

I’ll see your $50 and raise you $100

Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by brokensegue » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 2:09 AM UTC

seems the relevant patent is http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H...

patented by this guy https://www.intellectualventures.com/buzz/insights/inventor-...

Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by derekp7 » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 2:45 AM UTC

I was wondering, since Gnome has a lot of development sponsored by Red Hat, and IBM now owns Red Hat, would IBM have any business interest in helping with the defense?

Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by mwfunk » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 2:51 AM UTC

guntars wrote: post #14

jaimex2 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll see your $25 and raise you $50

I’ll see your $50 and raise you $100

I see your $100 and raise you $200

Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by dahart » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 3:10 AM UTC

brokensegue wrote: post #15

seems the relevant patent is http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H... patented by this guy https://www.intellectualventures.com/buzz/insights/inventor-...

I read a little bit of it and started to wonder how iCloud isn’t prior art. Then I noticed that there’s a prior patent that’s nearly the same, but filed many years earlier (8437797) and they’ve used it to file against Apple and many others... Panasonic, Motorola, Netgear, etc. http://npe.law.stanford.edu/patent/8437797

Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by xvilka » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 3:27 AM UTC

The people behind patent trolls should be put in jail. Essentially they are dangerous for society.

Re: GNOME files defense against patent troll

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Post by ipozgaj » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 3:37 AM UTC

brokensegue wrote: post #15

seems the relevant patent is http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H... patented by this guy https://www.intellectualventures.com/buzz/insights/inventor-...

It seems that the person in question was #2 on the "patent trolls top list" in 2016

https://www.rpxcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/t...