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- tmlee, on 03/22/2008, -11/+145She isn't just a little old lady. She invented the laser diodes we use for our blu-ray readers. I'd be pissed off if I didn't get the credit I deserved for inventing something that big.
- whiteknives, on 03/22/2008, -5/+94That's fine. Just hope she isn't driving anywhere near me.
- falloutsyndrome, on 03/22/2008, -19/+106The bitch is just out for blood since she's had to change from VHS to DVD to something else in the past 10 years alone.
- BigManOnCampus, on 03/22/2008, -6/+77Maybe someone can convince her to settle for not money, but the promise of no more DRM.
- inactive, on 03/22/2008, -1/+55 Did she solely pioneer this technology and did the work of the major manufacturers base directly off of her work? Or did she patent some obvious process that others came to independently in their own research? To me it makes a difference.
- Forklore, on 03/22/2008, -17/+63Get um grandma
- toxicshok, on 03/22/2008, -17/+62Some old lady perceives that she is entitled to something, and we are all cheering her on? Why? She is just a corporate gold digger
- YumYumKittyLoaf, on 03/22/2008, -3/+45Sorry, she didn't invent laser diodes, she just owns the patent. FTA:
"Rothschild's complaint...claims that some 30 companies are violating a patent she owns for light-emitting and laser diodes." - Jolene, on 03/22/2008, -3/+44The fact that her suit against Philips was settled out of court doesn't actually help her other suits. If she had won in court, that's a different story. Courts don't honor out of court settlements as legitimate legal standing. A judge doesn't decide on the conclusion in that case, so other judges don't have any sort of decision to read and go off of. Just because you 'win' out of court doesn't mean you're right. (I don't know if she is right or wrong here.)
- inactive, on 03/22/2008, -3/+42Grannies with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!
- zephyr42, on 03/22/2008, -5/+43She looks like the little old lady that totaled my car >:-(
- borez, on 03/22/2008, -5/+40I'd be interested to here how she got the patents and which ones they are, especially for the LED which was from an idea largely nicked from a Russian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Vladimirovich_Lo ...
But I guess America invented everything - m1zl3d, on 03/22/2008, -0/+28Another one paragraph Engadget article with little information on the subject.
- troycott, on 03/22/2008, -2/+29She'll win, she's a Rothschild.
- ileftfark, on 03/22/2008, -2/+24I like her spirit, and of course, we'd all like to see "the little guy" stick it to "the man". I've been reading through her original lawsuit against Phillips, and this is a tough call...
Her argument of patent infringement (on one of her two patents in question) hinges on her approved patent that is for: “A method of forming a low resistivity semiconductor from a wide band-gap semiconductor substrate . . . .” That is about as general as you can get. This is the kind of thing we see "patent squatters" do, when they realize that technology is on the brink of a certain function, and they quickly file a patent for the "method" for that technology to operate. However, I don't think that that was her intent when filing the original patent. She was describing, in broad terms, something she actually invented, which is at least one thing that separates her from patent leeches.
My point is the patent leeches usually don't win (digg would ***** flip *****!) *because* of the vagueness of their patents. Again, while I truly do believe she filed in all sincerity, granting her an award for this lawsuit would be a slippery slope. Can you imagine if Henry Ford filed a patent for a "mechanized device to move people"? He could sue any person that produced any other car, airplanes, elevators, those ***** shoes with the wheels on the heels (I want to clothesline every kid that wears those, btw)...
Ideally, I hope these companies settle out of court with her, she gets a good payday, the companies can still produce LED-like devices, and I get to clothesline one of those kids with the ***** wheel-shoes. GAHHHHH! - LanEvo, on 03/22/2008, -21/+43what a bitch. ***** patent trolls.
- borez, on 03/22/2008, -0/+20Found her original lawsuit (PDF)
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=22&url= ... - joemofo214, on 03/22/2008, -1/+19and even if she wins, she'll prob still only mail her grandkids 5 dollars for birthdays.
- Icyfenix, on 03/22/2008, -1/+19She's no granny, she's a ROTHSCHILD.
- borez, on 03/22/2008, -2/+19Jeez...how many time will digg cap my links?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Vladimirovich_Lo ... - ABadPerson, on 03/22/2008, -0/+16Ironically, she is suing now because her intellectual properties was not viciously guarded.
- pathfindertech, on 03/22/2008, -2/+15She's not just a little old lady. She is from the ROTHSCHILD family. One of THE most powerful banking families which controls a lot of our economy. Why else do you think the Feds are getting involved. The family has huge political strings that they can pull.
- Atomic1fire, on 03/22/2008, -2/+15Sounds like a patent Troll...
- jemka, on 03/22/2008, -1/+12I wish my grandma knew this much about technology. But I still love my grandma nonetheless.
- robsonde, on 03/22/2008, -0/+11if this is an older patent (a 10 years or more) then why has she only just started to press for $$?
if this is a new patent then it should not have been approved due to prier art...
I think that there should be a change in law so that a patent should be enforced or you loose the right to press the issue after a few years.
If she did invent the LED then she is in the field of interest of electronics and should know that the LED has been use by many company's for many years, she had a case 10 years ago, she knew about the products and dident take action.
if I have a patent and I see product in the market that is in breach of my patent should I be aloud to sit back and wait till the market has sold a few billion dollars of product and then come in and ask for a cut of the $$??
if it is clear that I have made no attempt to enforce my patent then it should be lost to public domain. - Elranzer, on 03/22/2008, -0/+11I can't wait for her to win so I can finally buy those Rothschilds-brand DVD-Players that she was planning to make with that patent.
- khaosx2030, on 03/22/2008, -1/+11Not too many people are familiar with the powerful banking Rothschild family these days.
You have been dugg sir. - supermanred, on 03/22/2008, -2/+12Relax there, *****.
- Chompy, on 03/22/2008, -4/+13Patent trolls are gutterslime. This woman is a human tick, a leech that produces nothing and steals money from all of us by manipulating a broken system.
- paulvq, on 03/22/2008, -1/+10I'm guessing you don't understand sarcasm very well.
- midhqel, on 03/22/2008, -1/+10If she is from the "orginal" Rothschild she already is that wealthy and her family run America. For those that don't about how the Rothschild's run America it is about time to start paying attention.
- slashbot, on 03/22/2008, -4/+12She exemplifies the frivolous lawsuit.
Way to go Columbia University... - noloveIII, on 03/22/2008, -0/+8Settling out of court can be less expensive than legal fees
- Typhoon2009, on 03/22/2008, -5/+13Dugg for inaccuracy; women are cooks and home-makers, not scientists and engineers. What's next, suing the government because they want to have the right to vote?!
- neocognitism, on 03/22/2008, -2/+10Why am I not surprised that a Rothschild has become a patent troll?
- cersad, on 03/22/2008, -2/+9If she really made that patent, she deserves those settlements. If not, I'm pretty sure all those companies can afford the lawyers to point out every hole in her case.
- inactive, on 03/22/2008, -4/+11This seems to be one of the few legitimate claims i've seen lately.
- DanPlainview, on 03/22/2008, -0/+7I wish that I held that patent...
- artliquide, on 03/22/2008, -0/+7Oh please. Whatever she's willing to accept for payment has to be miniscule compared to what just one of these companies is worth. They'll settle.
- aigulf, on 03/22/2008, -0/+7dugg for wanting to clothesline the kids with wheels on their shoes
- 2000, on 03/22/2008, -3/+10I wish my grandmas were still alive. :'-(
- inactive, on 03/22/2008, -0/+7What is claimed is:
1. A process for the non-equilibrium incorporation of a dopant into a crystal of a wide band gap semiconductor comprising the steps of treating the crystal in the presence of first and second compensating dopants of different mobilities for introducing substantially equal amounts of the two dopants into at least a portion of the crystal such that the concentration of the less mobile of the two dopants in said portion of the crystal is in excess of the solubility therein of the less mobile dopant in the absence of the more mobile of the two dopants, and then heating the crystal to remove therefrom preferentially the more mobile of the two dopants whereby there is left a non-equilibrium concentration of the less mobile dopant in said portion of the crystal.
It's not as obvious as the patent for pointing the laser at a cat. - Tapewormz, on 03/22/2008, -5/+12I'm going to patent pooping. Then, I'll sue all your asses! LITERALLY BITCHES!
- Matteos, on 03/22/2008, -4/+11"and she will become prolly a near billionare."
/spelling nazi
Did you see the red underlines?
Anyways, if she wins, the settlement plus licensing will probably put her right up there with the richest of the rich.
Hmmm... I wonder if she's single. - Nightwish224, on 03/22/2008, -3/+10That old bitch.
- waynetheman, on 03/22/2008, -1/+7Rothschild. Figures.
Side note: should we keep paying the descendants of the inventor of the wheel? At some point, it's time to let it go. - scabbers, on 03/22/2008, -2/+8What the ***** has her age and gender got to do with this story?
- XBSHX, on 03/22/2008, -1/+7I say Asians make her stuff for a fraction of the cost anyone else can.
- inactive, on 03/22/2008, -0/+6From her field I'd assume the patents are on the materials used in the construction of the LED's.
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