engadget.com— Copper Innovations Group has a bone to pick with Sony and Nintendo, and has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania seeking after some monies and an injunction against further infringement.The patent in question?
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Patent law needs reform as it relates to digital devices and techniques. No one would have ever tried to patent the Hammer or the Nail. Frequently patents for digital concepts are awarded when the patent relates to not only the combination of components but also the components themselves. Imagine if the man who’d invented the steam engine had been able to simultaneous patent cylinders, steam, pistons, screws, axels etc. Patent Law was established to promote innovation, and it is beginning to do the opposite. To defend a patent infringement accusation costs around a million dollars so getting a patent is has become more of a way to protect yourself from vague patent claims then as a way to protect your own innovation.
pimpofpixelsJan 13, 2008
Patent law needs reform as it relates to digital devices and techniques. No one would have ever tried to patent the Hammer or the Nail. Frequently patents for digital concepts are awarded when the patent relates to not only the combination of components but also the components themselves. Imagine if the man who’d invented the steam engine had been able to simultaneous patent cylinders, steam, pistons, screws, axels etc. Patent Law was established to promote innovation, and it is beginning to do the opposite. To defend a patent infringement accusation costs around a million dollars so getting a patent is has become more of a way to protect yourself from vague patent claims then as a way to protect your own innovation.
ajajadudeJan 13, 2008
That's not a bad idea....
paradoxymoronJan 13, 2008
Just bribe the judge and their lawyers, win the suit, then countersue and take everything they have. Welcome to America.
hansolo69Jan 14, 2008
I patented a walled structure with a roof and any combination of doors and/or windows. You all better be ready.
qwertydvorakJan 14, 2008
i would say a better prior art would be network cards. sorting them by mac adresses. possibly ?
invernoJan 14, 2008
Did they move Pennsylvania into Texas while I wasn't looking?