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Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll

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Re: Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll

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Post by coditor »

revelation wrote: post #11

Google has completely jumped the shark and is now being controlled by mindless business drones that will drive the company into the ground in just a few years. For your consideration: They allow a patent troll to potentially set a legal precedent for what constitutes a big part of their app infrastructure. They probably figured that its cheaper to build around the patent and let this one developer eat shit. They are…

At least Apple helped in their version of this. Google ignoring their own technology and customers is the epitome of Be Evil.

Re: Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll

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Post by melling »

lutusp wrote: post #14
melling wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't see a link to donate. Wouldn't it be better for the FSF to create a generic fund that agressively went after these trolls? I'd give a couple hundred dollars a year.

> Wouldn't it be better for the FSF to create a generic fund that agressively went after these trolls? No, that only treats the symptoms. It would be much better to cure the disease -- the broken patent system.

And while we wait for that to happen? In the meantime, something else needs to be done while we're waiting for Godot.

Re: Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll

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Post by beering »

devmach wrote: post #18
Permit wrote: post #2

I honestly don't even know what to say when these things come up nowadays. It just seems like the bullshit won't end. I can't think of any options that even exist to fix this broken patent system.

I'm studying in Germany abroad and i have a u.s. green card. After reading so much crap about u.s. patent system, i'm really considering staying in Germany or immigrate to another country ( like Singapore ?? ) and start a business there. I know, one person doesn't make a difference furthermore i'm not a "very important super mega top ninja hipster talented programmer" and every county has it's own problems. The thing…

Singapore is where Uniloc, this patent troll, is incorporated. Just an interesting bit of trivia.

Re: Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll

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Post by beering »

rossjudson wrote: post #17
andrewfelix wrote: post #10

More detailed look at the patent: http://www.google.com/patents?id=K7MoAAAAEBAJ&printsec=a... If you want to check a unique serial number securely, either over the phone or net you are violating this patent. Seems a little broad.

20 years ago I (and many others) had shareware registration systems that did this kind of thing. ShareIt ring a bell with anyone? There's absolutely no way that there isn't prior art for this.

Funnily enough, this patent was reexamined in 2011 and 100% reaffirmed.

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Post by sneak »

revelation wrote: post #11

Google has completely jumped the shark and is now being controlled by mindless business drones that will drive the company into the ground in just a few years. For your consideration: They allow a patent troll to potentially set a legal precedent for what constitutes a big part of their app infrastructure. They probably figured that its cheaper to build around the patent and let this one developer eat shit. They are…

http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2013/01/26/takeover/

Re: Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll

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Post by [deleted] »

beering wrote: post #23
devmach wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm studying in Germany abroad and i have a u.s. green card. After reading so much crap about u.s. patent system, i'm really considering staying in Germany or immigrate to another country ( like Singapore ?? ) and start a business there. I know, one person doesn't make a difference furthermore i'm not a "very important super mega top ninja hipster talented programmer" and every county has it's own problems. The thing…

Singapore is where Uniloc, this patent troll, is incorporated. Just an interesting bit of trivia.

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Re: Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll

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Post by lutusp »

melling wrote: post #22
lutusp wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Wouldn't it be better for the FSF to create a generic fund that agressively went after these trolls? No, that only treats the symptoms. It would be much better to cure the disease -- the broken patent system.

And while we wait for that to happen? In the meantime, something else needs to be done while we're waiting for Godot.

> And while we wait for that to happen?

With limited resources, we're better off investing in a wholesale overhaul of the patent system, compared to fighting one patent troll after another. The reason? After we've spent millions fighting patent trolls, we will face a new generation of trolls who have learned valuable lessons from the methods we used in the past.

Re: Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll

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Post by triplesec »

I'm not really sure on this, but Uniloc owner Ric Richardson doesn't seem prima facie to fit the normal patent troll profile: he appears to be a bona fide inventor, but then I only looked at wikipedia and his blog http://ricrichardson.blogspot.co.uk/ . Doesn't mean I support his action, of course and the whle legal system is fcked, hence the problem of the trolls, like Nathan Myrhvold's "Intellectual Ventures" https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120811/02060619993/natha...

Re: Creator Of The X-Plane Flight Simulator Seeks Help Fighting A Patent Troll

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Post by OGinparadise »

revelation wrote: post #11

Google has completely jumped the shark and is now being controlled by mindless business drones that will drive the company into the ground in just a few years. For your consideration: They allow a patent troll to potentially set a legal precedent for what constitutes a big part of their app infrastructure. They probably figured that its cheaper to build around the patent and let this one developer eat shit. They are…

Google has completely jumped the shark and is now being controlled by mindless business drones that will drive the company into the ground in just a few years.

ditto, my pet peeve: pages are now almost all ads, barely disclosed ones to boot. What's next and for how long will they get away with pay-to-play?

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