Activision/Blizzard being sued for virtual world infringement

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• Oh software patents, what will you do next? : action roommate
• * V R M L ' D * : boring gegtik
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  This patent is filed in fucking 2009. World of Warcraft had been out 5 years by then. And from skimmin... : SilverSnake
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    Patent # 7945856 : SilverSnake
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      Filed 2000 http://www.google.com/patents?id=wv5-AAAAEBAJ&hl=en&dq=assignee:+Worlds+Inc : boring gegtik
      • Published 1996 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(video_game) : Arcanum
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    are you sure? The smaller firm can count this as the second time they've filed such suit. 2008 saw the : boring gegtik
    • Unfortunately for that patent, there is significant prior art: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwinter_N... : LoioshDwaggie
  • I'm sure we can go back further... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/ : ghost in my shell
• lol : jonin
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  This is why the patent system is broken. You should not be able to patent general "ideas" or "concepts". : JohnnyRey
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    I plan on patenting the idea of a patent and suing the patent office. I mean, no one's patented it yet... : DeBurgo
    • there's prior art because that joke is like 10 years old : boring gegtik
    • You just blew my mind : JohnnyRey
• Brb, patenting a system where people interact on websites, by writing words. The users can then exchange ... : shirif
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  jesus. I say if you don't do anything with your patent you can't sue. that'd be nice. : RogerDandy
  • that would make NPEs sad :( : boring gegtik
• I've got the prior art right here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everquest : h0cake
• Fucking lol. Watching this get squashed will be entertaining. : surley_monkey
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  if you had an idea... and wanted to patent it... are you saying you wouldnt want a slice of the pie that ... : Dark Drakonis
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    really makes you think... : boring gegtik
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      it... really... makes you think... : Jonathan
      • about... life in the DROP ZONE... : Empyric
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    Ideas are a dime a dozen. You have to have some sort of implemnetation of the idea. Also, CONCEPTS don't ... : JohnnyRey
    • not fuck YOU, just you know, fuck the patent system. : JohnnyRey
    • Don't patent looking, you're loosing out on a lot of possible revenue from blind people! Next step: "... : ]aratex[
  • Fortunately for pie makers, monopolies are illegal and most ingredients are treated as commodities. : crimrOw
  • Lots of people have ideas on their own and some of them are amazing. But if they don't actually put any w... : Zek
  • you need to come up with an idea to get a patent. you just need to find an existing idea that nobody else... : Korban
  • By the way do you actually believe that anyone, ANYONE actually consulted or somehow made use of that pat... : boring gegtik
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    Look at this entitled motherfucker. "I had an idea! People should pay me!" : Arcanum
    • I'll do the work and you get the monies! : surley_monkey
  • I'm going to patent the process of making terrible posts on a video gaming news website, and then sue you... : Ormsbee
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    "Young people won't understand", is probably the best part of this post. : Dong Patrol
    • I agree. : SockMonkeh
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    if one person had some bacon, are you telling me you wouldn't want some bacon? : Megara9
    • Are you holding out on bacon from me? I will hunt you down like the dog you are!! : ryuuseki
    • If that first person had to get up off the couch and go into the kitchen to get the bacon, then that seco... : jrbstereo
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  How vague can patents really be? Almost every game around "enables users to interact in a virtual space"... : ]aratex[
  • There's no way I'm going to defend our terrible patent system, but it is true that lay-people often misun... : dfay
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  Well I'm going to patent the idea of a time machine, so if anyone builds one I'm gonna sue them and make ... : Demon4231
  • Goes back in time and files patent before you : Priest77
• I'm going to patent the earth. Fuck it, I'll patent the universe. : spectr3
• The USPTO office can be lazy sometimes and shitty patents slip by. These guys probably know they have a ... : pigvomit
• HAHAHA what in the fuck...? : Madwacker
• lolwut : mystikal
• has anyone patented the idea of having an idea? : conandan
• Jesus christ... When do we start to renovate the patent system so that this crap doesn't happen. : Q-ball
• I would like to sue the entire Human Race on my patented method of breathing. Since you all use it, you m... : jackomack
• For once I'm on the side of the huge, faceless corporation. I hope Activision crushes this Kidrin clown l... : jtthe2nd
• Does that mean I'm violating the patent right now by posting this? : rapiddelivery
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  You guys all owe me money because I just patented breathing air and you can't do it without paying me loa... : virus
  • who should i make the check out to? the chrome team? : xxiv
  • By: ]aratex[ x Don't patent looking, you're loosing out on a lot of possible revenue from blind people... : InkedPhoenix
• The next Assassin's Creed should be about going after people like this. : Zero Hoki
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  Also he should sue Mythic and Verant for preemptively stealing his idea. : Zero Hoki
  • Verants nerfbat will always win. : HL3dsx
• Since Shacknews doesn't really want to put any details in their blog articles. There is a good article on... : rythex
• "While we are pleased to see that the gaming industry and its rapidly growing customer base have enthusia... : rottdcorpse