Patent Troll Sues Nearly the Entire Mobile Industry

[jellico]

[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]Load up a tractor trailer with 40,000lbs of amfo, park it infront of their HQ and enjoy the show.[/citation]
I think you mean ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate/Fuel Oil). And honestly, I doubt they have anything that resembles what we would think of as a headquarters. Probably more like rented office space and not even a sign on the door. This just demonstrates an overwhelming need for a major reform of the patent system. Good luck with that, however, since the majority of politicians are lawyers, and the various lawyer associations are some of the biggest contributors to politicians at all levels.

 

[ta152h]

Are they a subsidiary of RAMBUS?

 

[spaceinvaderx]

It appears that RIM, LG, Sony, Samsung, Nokia Motorola, HTC, and Amazon are the first ones to 'experience' Digitude's innovative licensing program.

Hilarious, right on the mark.

 

[ghost11]

"The company claims that it owns more than 550 patents, all of which are in the areas of PC and consumer mobile devices, computer peripherals and communications services".....I bet Apple is already thinking of buying digitude so that it can use the patents to sue other companies in the future.

 

[archange]

So, they didn't sue Apple???

 

[_SirO_]

The guy who patented this "Remote Procedure Call Component Management Method for a Heterogeneous Computer Network" is a complete *genius*.

This is used in literally in millions of applications. If they win this one, no company writing software with RPC is safe.

 

[intel4eva]

We need more ridiculous patent trolls. More more more! We need the entire tech industry, the real players, the guys that make all the stuff, to use their influence and their lobby to remove the ridiculous patent system such as it is. Because most citizens don't know or don't care about the state of tech patents. Down with patents! One or two years max! It needs to get worse before it gets better.

 

[mman74]

Where can I buy these obscure companies from that own patents but never enforce them?! Someone please tell me!!!!

 

[kcorp2003]

you think this is bad lol. you don't know the rights to your genetic coding, that's right. there's a company out there that has property over your genes.

 

[alikum]

[citation][nom]nicodemus_mm[/nom]http/patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm5,926,636 - February 21, 1996 - Adaptec5,929,655 - March 25, 1997 - Adaptec6,208,879 - March 8, 1999 - Mitsubishi6,456,841 - June 1, 1999 - Mitsubishi[/citation]
Like I said, early 90s. These were awarded in late 90s. There's prior art. Period.

 

[sixdegree]

Today's headline : Patent Troll Sues Nearly the Entire Mobile Industry
Tomorrow's : Price goes up, consumer wallet brutally raped.

 

[eddieroolz]

I cannot even attempt a guess at what those patents really mean.

 

[NightLight]

solution: patents only applicable for one year. by then, the tech should be common goods, and technology should have moved forward.

 

[Darkerson]

To Digitude and their innovative company: Go D.I.A.F.!

 

[house70]

" Mobile Communication Apparatus Notifying User of Reproduction Waiting Information Effectively"

That's when you're anxiously waiting to see the pregnancy test result, right?

 

[kooldj]

patent is in real a business stamp..if u dont get this stamp, u cant do the business...its a fuking monooply set by giant organizations...someone who tries to come up with a new device or idea, is most likely to get sued for illegally using some xyz technology out of millions..how the fuck do we know that what we are using is patented by some mean fuktard, who does nothing in life but buys patents and sues for money

 

[chomlee]

[citation][nom]davewolfgang[/nom]Only the ORIGINAL Patent filer should be able to sue, not someone who "buys" it.[/citation]

I totally agree. I would be willing to bet they could use as a defense similar to what is used in property law (basically if you purchase a house where a certain group of people or neighbors who were allowed to use the property by the previous owners, after a long period of time, this could be then considered a permanent right). Unfortunately, I cant remember the legal term.

The other option to get rid of the patent trolls is to make them responsible for the legal costs if it is seen as frivolous.

 

[willwayne]

Did they even offer to license the technology, or did they jump straight into lawsuits?

I think that was a rhetorical question...

 

[g-thor]

I would love to see something like this go to court with the defendants trotting out thier lawyers and saying, "We aren't infringing patent 5,929,655: Dual-Purpose I/O Circuit in a Combined LINK/PHY Integrated Circuit. We use our own patent 6,321,444: Multi-Purpose Circuit for I/O in a Joined LINK/PHY Integrated Circuit."

Maybe then a judge will say, "WTF. What's the difference?", and order the overhaul of patent applications and reviews.

 

[COLGeek]

The new "gold rush" is to strike it rich through litigation (settlements). These trolls are now officially worse than telemarketers.......