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  horray for overly broad patents. : pigvomit
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    seriously, patents are getting crazy and are being abused : armaduck
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      yeah im starting to think that patents should only be issued to people that have a means and a plan of im... : pigvomit
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        I believe a patent's lifetime is 20 years from the time of filing : rasputinreborn
        • well....the 1979 was just a vague example....but ok....1986. : pigvomit
      • then only those with billions of dollars could patent some things : slackor
  • what are the laws regarding how broad patents can be? There must be some restrictions... : sanchez
• bwahahahahaha. that's funny. the company that doesn't even use it, patents it. : dilutedq
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  Why is Nintendo getting a patent for something they dont use? Nintendo have the worst online gaming. Are ... : nosseman
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    I think it's more about preparation for the DS actually. : CrimsonHandHiro
    • Maybe I should read the article, yes... Nevermind. : CrimsonHandHiro
  • They don't have the "worst" online gaming, they don't have online gaming at all! :( : itsjames
• whatever Nintendo : r1cola
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  filed in April 1999 that's all that really matters guys. Stupid, I know. Tha patent system is way bro... : rasputinreborn
  • why does that matter so much exactly? They still get protection till 20 after that date. Pretty much all... : moshman
• are you kidding? blah. so what now? : virus
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  Fuck Nintendo up its ass. I'm sick of shit like this. Seriously... what is their fucking hangup over mul : laidback
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    calm down, uh...laidback. :) this is not Nintendo's fault. The patent system is fucked, yes. But unless... : rasputinreborn
    • *puff puff* It's just a little late night rage. No one fucks with my X-Box Live... hear me? NO ONE : laidback
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      "they cannot be blamed for being awarded this patent." Um, they wouldn't be awarded it unless they ask... : nudel
      • which would be idiotic not to do : rasputinreborn
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  hahaha. funny stuff. it wont hold up, of course. : hirez
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    Umm, sure it will. The patent office is dumb. And Nintendo will do what it always has done in this situat... : WillingZombie
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      i think there is a lot of "prior art" for online videogames before 1999. : hirez
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        didn't the dreamcast have online play? even the sega genisis : Break
        • Didn't have voice chat though, which seems to be the important point of the patent. As far as that goes t... : K1Bond007
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  I think they hold the patents for software emulators too. Funny, right? : itsjames
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    is being better with paperwork than the competition a crime? : rasputinreborn
    • no, but the reverse is true : itsjames
• You think Microsoft doesn't hold patents Nintendo treads on? When Microsoft farts, the invisible fecal pa... : yakz
• The irony is so sad :( : moogle
• it's only a problem if they enforce the patent and the patent is upheld in the courts. : timmie
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  Doesnt mean anything. Silly patents get passed all the time. Its a matter of it holding up in court if ni... : scatti
  • And MS has the best lawyers money can buy... : tension
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  Sometimes companies take out patents just so the competition can't. They may have absolutely no intentio... : walker270
  • ^^see, someone else has a clue too^^ : rasputinreborn
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    ah yes.. "protective" patents. But couldn't they just claim prior art anyway? : itsjames
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      What prior art? No console to my knowledge has had voice chat except for XBox, but the patent was registe... : K1Bond007
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        You could argue that consoles are a subset of pc's (which I don't think would be a hard argument to make at all).
        
        Boom! Prior art is highly self-evident

        Aug 20, 2004 6:22am CST
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        You could argue that consoles are a subset of pc's (which I don't think would be a hard argument to make ... : itsjames
        • +after that doh, stupid ctrl + enter : itsjames
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          I think that lawyers will argue for so long that you would want to kill yourself on that one. I would arg... : moshman
          • that's their job, but I think it'd be a clear victory for ms on that one ;) : itsjames
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  good thread about this yesterday actually: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8385995 : moshman
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    well, not a very good thread after all... :) just a bunch of XBOX owners making uninformed complaints. : rasputinreborn
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      apart from the informed comments inbetween. : moshman
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        well, you should have just put aside modesty and linked straight to your or alcuesos posts, and maybe one... : rasputinreborn
        • :) I am still planning to examine it under the european system for a laugh when I get some time AND if I... : moshman
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  GO NINTENDO! : brewsterdog
  • Yeah sure, nti-competitive measures sure are cool! And yes, I recognize the irony of saying that in regar... : Kryn
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  so instead of bitchslapping them by actually releasing a better product, they simply try and stop microso... : seven
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    it's pretty tough to tell the motive behind nintendo making these patents. we can guess all we want, but... : ermac
    • my point was more about the post, as in "bitchslapping", and less about the patent itself. : seven
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  Fucking Patents -Xian. : freqq28
  • a patent on fucking ... there'd be money in that. : seven