aviransplace.com — Now any site that uses rich-media technology implementations, including Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax, and XAML, when the rich-media application is accessed on any device over the Internet, including desktops, mobile devices, set-top boxes, and video game consoles will need a licence.
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jonesinFeb 23, 2006
It's pretty f**ked-up how broken the U.S. patent system is. Forcing every cool website in the world to pay up to this idiot definitely does NOT encourage innovation.
ericdmcFeb 23, 2006
This thing will never stand, this is why we should have a loser pays tort system. These fools are just trying to get a free ride on other people's hard work. I sure Sun will be happy to see that it covers Java and I presume also MS's crappy ActiveX technology. Both company's employ more lawyers then these clowns have clients.
compu73rg33kFeb 23, 2006
Has anyone patented the idea of patenting something? Whoever does will make a massive amount of money! They should sue M$, then get the patent thrown out for being outrageously stupid.
toomuchgreenteaFeb 24, 2006
Just route the traffic through a foreign country proxy and we'll all be just fine. ;)
whisperedlieFeb 24, 2006
i just patented iterative loops.pwned!
arapFeb 24, 2006
What a farce! The U.S. patent office is stuck in the stone age and thinks you can actually issue patents for "rich media". Come on, give me a break. Wake up and smell the bull...
gator99Feb 28, 2006
About 5-10 years ago a company had basically a patent on the online shopping cart. It was obviously frivolous, but they went after many small-medium sites without deep pockets and demanded a licensing fee with the threat of litigation. You'd figure after their failure, this business model would cease to be viable and/or the patent office would be technologically savvy by now. I'm going to patent a useless bureaucracy with no technical knowledge that grants legal credence to companies that want to make a living with litigation, then I can sue the patent office for infringing on my patent.
zappyf1Jun 30, 2006
Y'know I could probably just as well patent:-Chewing with your teeth-Using your hands to write-Talking-maybe even the process of turning a doorknob.Then everyone would have to pay me ten bucks every time they ate, wrote talked, or twisted their wrist.While I'm at it I could also patent thinking.,.-=+=-,.The bottom line is that our government is corrupted and always will be.All the US Patent office is is a building where you stand in a line and when you get to the end you stamp your paper with a big "APPROVED" stamp. At least I'm pretty sure.
mariusagricolaJul 15, 2008
Did nobody else notice this happened back in 2006? If they were going to sue people, we probably would have heard about it by now.