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Liquid Audio Sues In Pitiful Attempt to Appear Relevant

Posted by chrisd on from the i-have-a-patent-pending-for-the-letter-q dept.

Emily writes: "Another case of patent abuse similar to the PanIP nonsense previously reported in Slashdot. This time, it's Liquid Audio suing geotargeting company Infosplit over patent infringement. I read their patent, it's hilarious! Liquid Audio basically received a patent for saying that a domain ending by "co.uk" is in the UK. More seriously, these lawsuits represent a serious threat to innovation in this country."

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  1. Plentiful Adjectives by sllort · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Liquid Audio Sues In Pitiful Attempt to Appear Relevant

    Do we have such little trust for Slashdot's readership that they cannot come to the conclusion that Liquid Audio is 'pitiful' and 'irrelevant' on their own? Let's pretend, for a moment, that you work for a struggling company. Who wants to wake up in the morning to read that they are now pitiful and irrelevant. I know that the readers write the headlines, but... didn't someone submit something a little less condescending?
    I mean, we're all grown-ups here, right?

  2. Other News: Microsoft Patents use of 1's and 0' by javacowboy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I couldn't believe it myself:

    Microsoft Patents Ones and Zeros

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