MSFT Founder Sues Google, Apple, eBay, YouTube

[bustapr]

So, good ole' Paul has the internet patented. Well, Toms has a search engine, and they alert users of items of current interest.I dont have a clue whatever the 2nd and 3rd patents are. But, seriously, the guy just gave away half his fortune, does he already think the billions he has left is too little?!

 

[bpislife]

Steve Jobs should counter-sue for Paul stealing the MAC OS with Windows
Google should sue him for Bing.
Yahoo should sue him for the fun of it
Facebook should de-friend him
AOL can't sue anyone they are broke
Officemax, depot and staples shouldn't even show up in court
Netflix should give him a free subscription
YouTube should counter by re-releasing the video of Windows 98 getting a BSOD when first being shown.

 

[_Cubase_]

Has anyone thought of filing for the patent: "Suing companies over patent infringements"?

 

[RailGun88]

I hope that he gets laughed out of the courtroom.

 

[rhino13]

I normally don't read Toms for their opinions but they're dead on with the last paragraph.

 

[Prince_Porter]

I'm going make a patent for creating patents; that'll put an end to the stupidity.

 

[Benihana]

I usually don't wish ill, but I think it would be a nice gesture for the big 11 companies to pay for his medical bills should he suffer a massive aneurysm before going to court.

And then were they to do as "bpislife" has stated, then it would be perfect. (btw, that post was hilarious)

 

[kamen]

Paul Allen has non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and he's dying. What a better time to show the world what kind of person you are than to go scorched earth when you won't be around for the blowback. One mans last swing of the scepter of power. Remember me, for I was here.

 

[thebigt42]

"MSFT Founder Sues Google, Apple, eBay, YouTube"

I thought Google purchased YouUube over 4 years ago???

 

[thebigt42]

"MSFT Founder Sues Google, Apple, eBay, YouTube"

I thought Google purchased YouUube over 4 years ago???

 

[bebangs]

their suing only the big companies and not everyone else.
lame...

 

[stingstang]

Those patents are all protecting against the use of the Internet. If you use the internet, you are infringing. Funny, since just last week I wondered why America isn't the richest country in the world, as we invented the thing most countries are dependent upon for their economy. Sad that we're suing ourselves, rather than the other countries.

 

[NeeKo]

When 16 billion is not enough...

btw. I read this on Wired like 3 days ago.

 

[Azriel4444]

If they actually use the money for business, sure, but instead it will straight into their pockets.

 

[eklipz330]

[citation][nom]NeeKo[/nom]When 16 billion is not enough...btw. I read this on Wired like 3 days ago.[/citation]
btw, no1 here likes u, go away.

...traitor.

 

[kronos_cornelius]

Say I made a patent to open the garage door with my phone. On the plus side, I can sue everybody that makes products with that idea and make myself rich, or at least well-off. On the down side, I am making a patent out of what the patenting office would call an obvious invention. Since obvious is in the minds of a jury and clever lawyers, I no longer need a good idea, I just need a good lawyer.
In the process, technologist, who are in short supply given that most of the population has trouble learning logic, algebra, probability, and calculus; In our quest for money are giving all the booty to the Lawyers, which although a respectable profession, it posses no as great a challenge to master, and certainly does not grow the economy the way a new battery, or an AI algorithm would.

 

[rohitbaran]

Stop crying over spilled milk.

 

[dEAne]

Yes it still can be reason that "Innovation not litigation" but then that's what patent is all about "I am the first one for that" and you just copied my homework.

 

[Darkv1]

This really doesn't surprise me. It seems like everyone in the technology business these days is crazy sue happy.

 

[Parsian]

this is ridiculous and it will cause the innovation to slow down and inflation to kick in...

 

[Onus]

[citation][nom]sinfulpotato[/nom]Lawyers are taking the big bucks now days.[/citation]
Fixed for you. Lawyers don't "make" anything (not counting waste products of metabolism, of course).

 

[eddieroolz]

I have to agree with Google on this one. This suit is ridiculous.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]dalethepcman[/nom]I should make a boatload of vauge patents about using (insert application category) on cell phones then wait 10 years and file suit against everyone in the world. Sooner or later the court system will realize the patent system is fudged, but onyl after the lawyers finish destroying everything it was supposed to stand for.[/citation]
Just to clarify the patent system, the above used example of

-- U.S. Patent No. 6,757,682, for "Alerting Users to Items of Current Interest."

That is not the extent of the patent, that is the title.
After the title will be huge reams of information and technical stuff.
Just so all the people who say that vague and random patents are out there, well, they are a bit more complicated than you think.

 

[elbert]

The patents seem to cover a search enabled video player. IE if you searching for news in the middle of a news cast said player will start in the middle. I have yet to see such a smart video. The rest of the patents are crap because they basically rip off tap player, VCR, and old video laser disks which predate these patents. IE the fastforward, rewind, and skip functions.

 

[NotYetRated]

[citation][nom]dalethepcman[/nom]I should make a boatload of vauge patents about using (insert application category) on cell phones then wait 10 years and file suit against everyone in the world. Sooner or later the court system will realize the patent system is fudged, but onyl after the lawyers finish destroying everything it was supposed to stand for.[/citation]

The courts know it is fudged. But without all of these ridiculous lawsuits... How many lawyers and judges would be out of work? They don't want to stop them. In fact, they want to keep them coming. And always will.