• Newegg, Overstock win patent fight with Alcatel-Lucent
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[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/net-us-alcatellucent-patent-newegg-idUSBRE94E18L20130515[/url] [QUOTE][B]The online shopping sites Newegg and Overstock Inc won a patent battle on Wednesday with telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA, which had accused the companies of infringing its patented technology.[/B] The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which hears all patent appeals, upheld a lower court decision which found that Newegg and Overstock did not infringe on a software patent that allows computers to adapt the shopping web sites to their own screen size rather than having a server do the work. The lower court had invalidated the patent as obvious, a decision that the federal circuit also upheld. Newegg's chief legal officer, Lee Cheng, said the ruling vindicated a decision made about six years ago to fight infringement lawsuits that Newegg found frivolous. "Patent trolling is a scam. We didn't do anything wrong," he said, using the derisive industry term for companies that file large numbers of patent infringement lawsuits. Cheng said that fewer infringement lawsuits were being filed against his company because they have been aggressive about fighting them and about recouping legal fees. The strategy works for Newegg, which sells electronics and computer parts, because of its size, he said. "We are a patent troll's worst nightmare. We're large enough to defend ourselves but we're not large enough to be viewed as (having) deep pockets," he said. Mark Griffin, the general counsel at Overstock, said that he had begun to consider Alcatel-Lucent a "patent troll." "They took an old cell phone patent and tried to say that it applied to the Internet," he said. "We're very pleased." "There's the classic risk management strategy which only in my estimation engenders more litigation. The general counsels of publicly traded companies have started to wake up. We don't feed trolls," he said.[/QUOTE] Thought people here would like to hear a patent story with a good ending.
Weren't they the people who had the patent on like the cart? Nevermind other patent trolls suing the same people. How the fuck can you have a patent on different resolutions on a website?
Has anyone patented replying to a message online? Ohh man I might be in a whole heap of trouble now!
[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;40657961]Weren't they the people who had the patent on like the cart? Nevermind other patent trolls suing the same people. How the fuck can you have a patent on different resolutions on a website?[/QUOTE] ~America~
[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;40661152]~America~[/QUOTE] Fuck off. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Flaming" - Craptasket))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=McCarthy;40661282]Fuck off.[/QUOTE] Says the Canadian to the American.
Isn't it all in the coding anyway? If so, how can you patent coding when it's all available for free use?
Because our patent system is severely outdated.
[QUOTE=chimitos;40661365]Says the Canadian to the American.[/QUOTE] If anything his non-American nationality emphasizes how tiresome it is to hear people shit on America
Ok, I've got even better. ~outdated patent system not adjusted for the modern world~
[QUOTE=McCarthy;40661282]Fuck off.[/QUOTE] Lets everyone remember now that patriotism is not the same as nationalism. [editline]15th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Elecbullet;40661612]If anything his non-American nationality emphasizes how tiresome it is to hear people shit on America[/QUOTE] There's a lot of things worthy of shitting on by a lot of people. I'm not sure how it could become tiresome; that sounds like a form of laziness or apathy to me.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;40661612]If anything his non-American nationality emphasizes how tiresome it is to hear people shit on America[/QUOTE] Exactly. As much as each and every country has it's problems, to hear people constantly shit on America for EVERYTHING gets tiresome.
[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;40661152]~America~[/QUOTE] Because only america has patent retards, right?
[QUOTE=Crash15;40662004]Because only america has patent retards, right?[/QUOTE] No, but only america has a patent office that obviously is retarded, as they grant patents that never should've even be considered to be granted.
[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;40661152]~America~[/QUOTE] this rly needs to stop
Newegg should have a celebration sale. [sp]Please I need another 680.[/sp]
[QUOTE=DrLuckyLuke;40662183]No, but only america has a patent office that obviously is retarded, as they grant patents that never should've even be considered to be granted.[/QUOTE] Lol except they lost the case
[QUOTE=Crash15;40662004]Because only america has patent retards, right?[/QUOTE] Pretty much, yeah. To deny the fact that the US is alone in having an extremely flawed patent system and that constant malicious patent litigations are being filed is pretty naive. The US is in dire need of copyright reform. [editline]16th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Truckasaurus1;40663502]Lol except they lost the case[/QUOTE] Doesn't matter. When Garry beat Righthaven he still lost grands of cash. It would've actually been cheaper if he just settled with them, even though he did nothing wrong. This is what's inherently wrong with the US patent and litigation system.
[QUOTE=MShinigaki;40661374]Isn't it all in the coding anyway? If so, how can you patent coding when it's all available for free use?[/QUOTE] Its called software parents, they are a terrible thing. They allow you to patent an idea or an algorithm, take for example the way this forum works, someone could reasonably patent a lot of the things on it and charge vB or anyone who uses it a lot of money. The person up there blaming America is pretty spot on anyway, they are like the only people NOT taking any effort to prevent it. The EU for comparison is trying to stop it. [editline]16th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Truckasaurus1;40663502]Lol except they lost the case[/QUOTE] The patent was still granted, the job of a patent office is to prevent things like this happening. Its almost like they have not heard of the term prior art.
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