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- iceniu2003, on 01/05/2008, -5/+201More reasons why the Patent Systems needs an overhaul
- HanSolo69, on 01/05/2008, -4/+164Well I got a patent a few years back on horrendously buggy comment systems. Digg owes me big.
- allanstrings, on 01/05/2008, -3/+129We should sign Goldberg up for all the porn spam lists we can find. I am getting so sick of people who get a vague patent and then do nothing with it, for the sole purpose of raping the next person who hits upon an obvious solution to a problem or delivery method. American IP and Copyright laws are so far out of whack now that nothing short of a full revamp will fix it. However, that will not happen anytime soon, because all our politicians are busy blowing the guys at the RIAA, MPAA, etc. (see the DMCA)
- inactive, on 01/05/2008, -1/+124May the digg effect bury these patent trolls.
- nfollmer, on 01/05/2008, -1/+87It's amazing what people will sue for these days. I may be reading that article wrong, but how can that guy sue for a "network gaming system"? Wouldn't that mean things like Xbox Live? In any sense, how is Digg included under this lawsuit??
- euping, on 01/05/2008, -1/+56if only one could patent the process of suing over patent infringement. they could make a mint.
- jemminger, on 01/05/2008, -0/+51are you all crazy? this guy clearly has a valid case for patent infringement! digg is obviously all about playing solitaire on a network.
- Falldog, on 01/05/2008, -0/+47What a douche.
- joshuaer, on 01/05/2008, -0/+39Patent file #1948457503859578404867--21
taking a deep uncontrollable breath in to your lungs, stretching your arms in an outwardly moving fashion and making an Awwwwwww sound while tilting ones head back.
Patent owner Joshuaer!
that will be 45 cents a yawn please. - falstaff, on 01/05/2008, -1/+36The patent system is so ***** up that it's easier to sue a bunch of random companies than do any productive work with those patents, since it's usually cheaper for the defendant to settle for a small amount than fight the validity of the patent. Techdirt's got another entry just a few before this one about how long it takes to even get the USPTO to even *look* at bogus patents, let alone invalidate them: http://techdirt.com/articles/20071231/003833.shtml
Innovation is going to hell in a handbasket, and lawyers are smiling about it all the way to the bank. - twiztidsinz, on 01/05/2008, -15/+49nvm... just burry this comment.
- sjbdallas, on 01/05/2008, -1/+33My wife does that every time we have sex. So let's see....that 45 cents....times once per year.....for 15 years......
- dunezone, on 01/05/2008, -1/+30I bet the patent went something like this...
"A method for two pieces of software to communicate over a network for a fun experience - jeffsback2223, on 01/05/2008, -1/+29Patent Squatters. Work like domain squatters except with intellectual property. And that sort of thing can set back an entire civilization from advancing. I hope he looses.
- agsinger, on 01/05/2008, -0/+26Saw this too - Mike @ TechDirt is one of the best writers covering the whole patent nonsense happening in the industry.
Hope this makes page 1 - its unfortunate a few people with dollar signs in their eyes devote their lives to leeching off others innovative works... - jamwil87, on 01/05/2008, -0/+23You have PayPal?
- Petrarch1603, on 01/05/2008, -1/+22the answer to 99 out of 100 questions comes down to the $
- MacEnvy, on 01/05/2008, -1/+20Patent squatters, domain squatters, and e-mail spammers are the dregs of the IT world. However, sue-happy patent holders are perhaps the greatest threat, as their modus operandi is also used (and therefore defended) by larger organizations with money to burn and lobbying power, such as SCO and Microsoft (not to single out MS, but they do hold an incredible quantity of patents, many of which should never have been granted as prior art and common sense is supposed to dictate patent issuance).
The whole system stinks, and it's going to take more than legislation to fix. A paradigm shift in the way IP is protected is the only way to rid ourselves of those who would stifle innovation for their own personal monetary gain. - .Steven, on 01/05/2008, -0/+19"Others sued over those same patents include some of the "usual targets" such as Google..."
Why bother? - SKick, on 01/05/2008, -2/+20*places burs all over twiztidsinz's comment*
- justinjstark, on 01/05/2008, -0/+18Patents need to be done away with entirely. They were originally implemented in order to foster invention but they are obviously only making it more and more difficult for any person or start-up company to release a new product. Meanwhile, giant corporations and companies whose sole purpose is to buy, sell, and license patents are using the idea of intellectual property to drive away competition.
"If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of everyone, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possess the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lites his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density at any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement, or exclusive appropriation. Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property."
-- The Writings of Thomas Jefferson - jcsw, on 01/05/2008, -2/+18Dugg just to spite.
- Hitpoint, on 01/05/2008, -5/+19Way to reiterate the article.
- tingrin87, on 01/05/2008, -0/+13there should be a "delete" option as part of the 120 sec edit :/
- joshuaer, on 01/05/2008, -2/+14+C +V " crap i meant to take something out the article you just saw and post it here so it could get dugg up!
- daEvan, on 01/05/2008, -2/+12Dugg down for being an *****
- Aensland, on 01/05/2008, -0/+10Don't Google, MS, and those others have deep enough pockets to drag these nutsacks to court and then crush them like bugs?
- Travelsonic, on 01/05/2008, -0/+9Hmm.... simplistic, and not very constructive.
- greeninoregon, on 01/05/2008, -0/+9Who ISN'T suing ebaums world?
- norsurfit, on 01/05/2008, -0/+9The best way to fight this is to find what is called "prior art." Prior art is the legal term for articles, books, or prior patents that may have previously described the patent in question. The point is to show that the patent is invalid because it is obvious, based upon what had already been public before.
If the Digg community can come up with examples of "prior art" -- links to articles, web pages, etc existing prior to the grant of the patent (1996) -- we have a good chance of invalidating this ridiculous patent.
http://w2.eff.org/patent/wanted/prior.php?p=sheldo ... - CaviMike, on 01/05/2008, -1/+10eBaums world *gag* Even though I know they won't, I hope they get royally screwed. Every year that loser would smear our Park Ave. fest here in Rochester with his crap, making fun of overweight and handicapped people and basically just acting like an insecure grade-school bully. ***** that ***** and his dumbass dad for giving him the money to start the site.
Sorry for the rant but it felt good to let it out. - RogerStrong, on 01/05/2008, -1/+9JWRTFM.
- Truzseeker, on 01/05/2008, -2/+10Frivolous and vexatious lawsuit. I wouldn't be surprised if these net powerhouses counter sue for damages and an injunction.
- digjam, on 01/05/2008, -0/+8I so love playing solitaire on digg....please dont take it away! :-(
- noahhoward, on 01/05/2008, -1/+9You know your system has problems when the postal service can trademark 'Zip Code'.
- Khast, on 01/05/2008, -1/+9Computer Software patents should be detailed, to file a software patent, there should be over 1500 lines of code, and the patent owner must release the source code to the patent office. If the source code, doesn't match the infringing code....throw the case out.
Vague software patents should ALL be nullified. Cursor, window, slider bar. And software patents should only last for 10 years, or until 80% of computers use the patented code. - praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+8OVERRULED!
- celkin, on 01/05/2008, -0/+8They owe me for infringing on top 10 list patents and Ron Paul patents
- celkin, on 01/05/2008, -1/+9$6.75
- inactive, on 01/05/2008, -0/+7eBaums World Did it.
- oojamaflip2006, on 01/05/2008, -2/+9Just change your legal system. Make the person who brings these claims to court pay the defendant's legal fees when they lose.
- DtotheC34, on 01/05/2008, -0/+7this is exactly why lawyers are the stereotypical scum of the earth
- ThndrShk2k, on 01/05/2008, -1/+8Wait... digg.com is a fun experience?
Man, have I been coming here for all the wrong reasons. - inactive, on 01/05/2008, -0/+6Why is that comma there?
- mdietz1, on 01/05/2008, -0/+6Patent trolls. The best business plan ever: Let's buy up the outdated intellectual property of others and use our highly paid lawyers to blackmail businesses to pay out settlements to avoid costly litigation.
- condeh, on 01/05/2008, -0/+6Cost Benefit Analysis would, sadly, rule over ideological ideas.
Its not that they can't crush them, its just cheaper to pay them off and forget about them. - manicallday, on 01/05/2008, -0/+6What's with the moron insult? Digg on the weekends lacks all civility.
- init100, on 01/05/2008, -0/+6Yeah, in 20 years.
- SlimFastForYou, on 01/05/2008, -0/+6Yeah, the SS and Nazi soldiers and concentration camp operators weren't responsible, it was all Hitler's fault and nobody else deserves blame for all the atrocities.
Just kidding, really, I don't blame the lawyers tooooo much. They do enable this though, and too many lawyers aren't able (or willing) to distinguish between what is ethical and what is legal. But yeah, our whole IP system is ***** up. Honestly, I think if patents were both (1) easier and cheaper to get and (2) lasted only 3-4 years max.. innovation in this country would soar. Having a good idea should be rewarded, but only for a very limited time to give the inventor a head-start. After that, the inventor should no longer be protected from the free market. Our current system makes fat cats (patent trolls) more money than they deserve and stifle innovation. Are there any presidential candidates who have adopted a pro-copyright reform stance? - kingraoul3, on 01/05/2008, -0/+5This doesn't rhyme. Can you work on that?
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