• Microsoft co-founder sues Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, Staples...
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[QUOTE][B]Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, Staples, OfficeMax, Office Depot, and YouTube over patents[/B] [IMG]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/08/paulallennarrowweb300x4570.jpg[/IMG] Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen has filed suit against nine companies over patent violations. Through his current firm, Interval Licensing LLC, Allen is suing Apple, Google, AOL, Facebook, ebay, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube (which is a subsidiary of Google). The claims involve four separate patents, most of which cover integral parts of how the companies named do business. For example, one patent allows site suggestions for consumers based on things they're currently viewing, while another allows related articles to be delivered while reading news. All in all, it sounds like Allen's patents -- if they're indeed found to cover these technologies -- are seriously vast. The suit, which was filed today, does not name any specific amount of damages he is seeking. Allen, who is one of the richest people in the world with an estimated worth of over $13 billion, recently pledged to donate over half of his wealth to philanthropic causes after Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called on the world's billionaires to do so.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-apple-google-facebook-ao/#comments"]Original article[/URL] lol
Good luck with that
Someone's got balls.
:wtc:
i guess they just have to [img]http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7866/34e813ajpg.gif[/img]
Not gonna work
The patent system seriously needs to be renewed. Too many crappy cases going on.
i think he's just trying to troll the world.
part of me hopes he wins
File vague patents. Sue companies. Get money.
[QUOTE=Raneman;24413414]File vague patents. Sue companies. Get money.[/QUOTE] Business 101.
[quote]allows site suggestions for consumers based on things they're currently viewing[/quote] So that's basically every internet shop?
I'm going to go file a patent for something incredibly vague and sue the biggest country that uses it
I think he is doing it to prove a point. Apple pulls this crap all the time. Apple: "Whoa whoa whoa, you are using a touch screen to control a device??? I don't think so!"
[QUOTE=H0rsey;24413053]i guess they just have to [img]http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7866/34e813ajpg.gif[/img][/QUOTE] A++ post my friend
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