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Re: Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in our game

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Post by rhizome »

rs999gti wrote: post #18
maaarghk wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is clearly this company - http://www.gtx.com/ The inventor of the patent is listed on the register as Marvin T Ling. [1] The gtx.com website has a press release stating the owner and founder of the company is Marvin T. Ling. [2] [1] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H... [2] http://www.gtx.com/about/press/aml_president_pr.asp

> Method and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce transactions using electronic tokens So cam girl sites are under threat?

Once they get some precedent under their belt. They have to do this via small-time operators first because porn people have money.

Re: Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in our game

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Post by josaka »

Ecco wrote: post #5

How is the price settled upon? I mean, why ask $35k specifically? Why not 3.5k or 350k?

That's about what it costs to draft and file a 12(b)(6) motion to kill the patent at the start of a case for lack of subject matter eligibility under Alice v. CLS Bank.

Re: Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in our game

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Post by PhasmaFelis »

scarmig wrote: post #14
jannotti wrote: post #2

Trying to find other companies under the same threat is a great approach. In a similar situation, this allowed my company to fight a patent troll and share costs, so we didn't cave under the, "It'll cost us this much in legal fees anyway" argument.

There should be some kind of patent troll clearinghouse. Companies can check it to see if other companies are reporting the same shakedown tactics for a given patent. Though, could a patent troll could get around that by spacing out the trolling? So by the time any company finds another company that's been trolled, they've already paid it up and don't have as much incentive to fight the patent troll after the fact. T…

> Though, could a patent troll could get around that by spacing out the trolling? So by the time any company finds another company that's been trolled, they've already paid it up and don't have as much incentive to fight the patent troll after the fact.

That's still a minor win, since it mitigates the amount of damage the trolls can do per unit time.

Re: Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in our game

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Post by MisterBastahrd »

rs999gti wrote: post #18
maaarghk wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is clearly this company - http://www.gtx.com/ The inventor of the patent is listed on the register as Marvin T Ling. [1] The gtx.com website has a press release stating the owner and founder of the company is Marvin T. Ling. [2] [1] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H... [2] http://www.gtx.com/about/press/aml_president_pr.asp

> Method and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce transactions using electronic tokens So cam girl sites are under threat?

What about ICOs?

Re: Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in our game

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Post by nkrisc »

maaarghk wrote: post #15
sli wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://gtxcorp.com/ Appears to be this company. Or they're using this company's name, but that would be wildly stupid of them to attempt if they want any chance at all of winning (which they already don't seem to have -- way too much prior art).

It is clearly this company - http://www.gtx.com/ The inventor of the patent is listed on the register as Marvin T Ling. [1] The gtx.com website has a press release stating the owner and founder of the company is Marvin T. Ling. [2] [1] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H... [2] http://www.gtx.com/about/press/aml_president_pr.asp

So it's casino chips, but on a computer?

Re: Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in our game

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Post by viraptor »

danvoell wrote: post #11
jannotti wrote: post #2

Trying to find other companies under the same threat is a great approach. In a similar situation, this allowed my company to fight a patent troll and share costs, so we didn't cave under the, "It'll cost us this much in legal fees anyway" argument.

Isn't this what they did on Silicon Valley?

Yes, although with bad result of the other companies negotiating lower fees and throwing the protagonist under the bus. (If I remember correctly) I hope that in real world there would be some legal paperwork ensuring this doesn't happen.

Re: Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in our game

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Post by viraptor »

chapill wrote: post #27

This is hating the player, not the game. The only way to win is not to play. Relocate to a country with no software patents. I hear Estonia is great. Do all your filing online. Be a remote working foreign contractor for your own company :P

If you're still selling to the US, I don't think this would protect you. Your product can be banned anyway.
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