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No, no, must check sanity meter.]]>May 21st 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/
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Considering most patents never make enough to cover the cost of the patent, that's pretty much how the whole industry works. Nobody cares if you infringe until it's worth something.]]>May 21st 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/
I'm afraid anyone who speaks, writes, blogs, passes a comment or performs an interpretive dance is infringing this patent, and I can therefore sue them for lots of cash! ;)]]>May 21st 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/
Seriously, these no-name "companies" and their vague patents developed merely for trolling is getting out of hand.]]>May 21st 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/]]>May 21st 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/USA profited from WW2 by selling loans to anyone and everyone

They fought back against Japan because they got pawned at Pearl Harbour.]]>May 21st 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 22nd 2009 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/
Not knowing the details of the actual patent, I do have some sympathy for people who come up with something so simple and useful that it's immediately copied and then deemed "obvious" because everyone does it. That's exactly the type of thing you want and need to patent to protect, and also the kind that everyone hates you for if you enforce it.]]>May 21st 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/
The alternative is to go to court and have the jury ignore all the facts of the case and only listen to plaintiff's story about how much money the company makes. Because everybody thinks it's cool to hate Microsoft and even cooler to give away their money.

Between a rock and a hard place.

And winning a case as a defendant in ED Texas is almost impossible.]]>May 21st 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/apple-found-guilty-of-willful-patent-infringement.ars

Notice some of the same legal jargon was used, specifically wilfully.]]>May 21st 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 22nd 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/
It was about how Microsoft Word used XML.

Apparently, despite XML being an open language, you can patent the process in which you use XML. So as of today, I'm patenting the use of English Language to construct unwritten sentences to be processed by a computer.]]>May 21st 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=12&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=5,787,449&OS=5,787,449&RS=5,787,449]]>Aug 12th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 21st 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/Then, check how the other company does it. If it's the same, guilty, if not, let it go.
How can we patent an idea?! Everyone can have ideas ... if you think you have the ability to realize that idea, be the first to do it and patent the tchnical mean!]]>May 21st 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/May 22nd 2009 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/My opinion is that all software patents can be proved invalid.
In fact, "should" be proved invalid.]]>May 22nd 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/Aug 12th 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/jury-awards-i4i-200-million-in-damages-in-microsoft-patent-suit/
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I should patent this idea called "faster than light transport of passengers and cargo", so if anyone invents warp drive I can sue them when they get stinking rich from it.]]>Aug 13th 2009 2:23AM