> We want to send a message to all software patent trolls out there — we will fight your suit, we will win, and we will have your patent invalidated.
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> Third: our counterclaim. We want to make sure that this isn’t just dropped when Rothschild realizes we’re going to fight this.
Good on them.
Patent trolls thrive on hoping companies will take the easy route out. It's the same model as ransomware. I don't hold it against people who find themselves in a difficult position and can't afford to fight, but capitulating to these demands encourages trolls to try again. I have a lot of respect for anyone who's willing to go out of their way to make a patent troll regret filing a claim.
Or at least such lawsuits should be recognised as the vexatious and frivolous litigation which they are, and sanctions made accordingly (pay the defendants' costs, and disbarment for repeated cases).
Just donated $50. Their fundraising platform supports Apple/Google Pay, so it’s super quick and easy. Don’t even have to give them card info if you don’t want to.
How does this work? I've been trying to donate, desktop doesn't give me any option other than bank account, and it doesn't support my UK bank, and even though I have Google Pay on Android, I don't get any such option in Firefox Mobile.
I read a little bit of it and started to wonder how iCloud isn’t prior art. Then I noticed that there’s a prior patent that’s nearly the same, but filed many years earlier (8437797) and they’ve used it to file against Apple and many others... Panasonic, Motorola, Netgear, etc. http://npe.law.stanford.edu/patent/8437797
Here is what I don't understand about this: where is innovation in this patent? It seems like some of the digital photo frames could be used as a prior art.
As an outsider it looks to me that the US patent system is seriously limiting your innovation.
Filed first in 2012. I bet theres plenty of prior art. And if that programs from before.... Whoops!
Reminds me of the patent / copyright troll from Silicon Valley. But worse, this guy "invents" things that already exist. I wish we could ban people (and their companies) from owning patents if they are found to be abusing the patenting system purely to not innovate but even worse they financially stall nonprofits who do innovate. Like seriously.
I was wondering, since Gnome has a lot of development sponsored by Red Hat, and IBM now owns Red Hat, would IBM have any business interest in helping with the defense?
A system and methods for extracting value from a portfolio of assets, for example a patent portfolio, are described.
By granting floating privileges described herein, a portfolio owner can extend an opportunity for obtaining an
interest in selected assets from the portfolio to a client who lacks the resources to accumulate and maintain such
a portfolio, in return for an annuity stream to the portfolio owner.
Their IP lawyers must have had a lot of fun writing that one.
Class action would have standing, though you'd have to find all companies affected by frivolous suits over the invalid patents.
This has been done against drug patents before, though I have no idea if they were successful.
Definitely I plan to donate, but it's important that this gets a lot of media attention. Patent trolls go through certain lax courts and judges who rule on the side of patent trolls an alarming number of times. If there is enough media attention around this then should there be any corrupt judges involved, they will have to think twice about their verdict as it will be closely scrutinized.
Tried to donate multiple times but I keep getting an error "donation processing failed" :/ Tried twice on mobile using Google Pay, then on desktop using a credit card, then again with uBlock origin disabled...
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> Third: our counterclaim. We want to make sure that this isn’t just dropped when Rothschild realizes we’re going to fight this.
Good on them.
Patent trolls thrive on hoping companies will take the easy route out. It's the same model as ransomware. I don't hold it against people who find themselves in a difficult position and can't afford to fight, but capitulating to these demands encourages trolls to try again. I have a lot of respect for anyone who's willing to go out of their way to make a patent troll regret filing a claim.
In case people aren't reaching the bottom of the post, Gnome has a donation link up for legal funds: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/gnome-foundation-inc/gn...