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Engineer Loses SSL Patent Case against RSA and VeriSign

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the intellectual-property-lines dept.

MeanMF writes "eWeek reports that a jury has ruled in favor of the defendants in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by an electrical engineer who clamed rights to a technology used in the SSL protocol. Not only did he lose the case, but next week the jury will rule on whether his patents are valid at all."

13 of 152 comments (clear)

  1. Maybe a open source businessmodel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    New open source business model?

    1: Write free software.
    2: ?
    3: Sue people for patent violations.
    4: Profit!

  2. What is this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is it a new open source businessmodel?

    1: Write free software.
    2: ?
    3: Read article in eWeek.
    4: Profit!

  3. Meanwhile, Jeff Besoz.. by dphoenix · · Score: 4, Funny

    Meanwhile, Jeff Besoz tries to patent "patenting random stupid shit." Good luck with that one, Jeff. Thank you for bringing us innovations like "One-click shopping" and "hyperlinking" and "the internet".

  4. Re:Oh boy, not this again.... by sql*kitten · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like some random "genius" decided he'd make a quick buck on old technology. I'm so sick of this behavior.

    Wait, a Slashbot happy that a patent was upheld?

    I'd write more but I want to go look at the pig floating outside my window...

  5. Patent Process... by dracken · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought I could instruct slashdot readers on how actually the patenting process works . Good luck ;)

    1. Re:Patent Process... by maddogdelta · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course, that wasn't the first time userfriendly pointed out amazon's progress about the patent process.

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      -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
  6. Re:Patents by computechnica · · Score: 2, Funny

    I once fell of a swing and broke my ass. Can I sue Steven Olson the Inventor of Swinging for lost work time?

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    Science is the Real TRUTH!
  7. I'm going to patent by Rooked_One · · Score: 0, Funny

    I'm going to patent the process of making a patent. That and the internet.

    1. Re:I'm going to patent by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm sorry, but I've already patented the process of patenting a process of making a patent.

      You may speak to my attorneys to arrange a use license.

      Please don't try to fight this in court. I've patented that. You'll need a license.

      The internet infringes on my license for making odd symbols, pointing at them, and grunting as a crude form of communication between any animate object and any other object ( animate or not).

      This patent itself merely extends my previous patent on forces between fundmental particles.

      Face it, you're hosed.

      KFG

    2. Re:I'm going to patent by fredrikj · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm sorry, but I've already patented the process of patenting a process of making a patent.

      Hah! Two weeks ago I patented recursive patents, so it looks like you'll lose now!

  8. And again, it's Delaware... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Stambler filed his suit in February 2001 in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in Wilmington.

    The big question is, when will Delaware clean up its act? Not content to merely keep quiet and maintain a not-unprofitible existence as screen door manufacturer for the world, Delaware has lately been attempting to hijack the limelight for itself in a series of staged "coincidences" which I believe are too well-planned to have been anything but a massive attempt to gain prestige amongst the other 49 states. Consider, if you will:

    Engineer has "patents" which would invalidate the security of the Internet. Where does he go? Delaware.

    Marvel Comics, home of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many other lovable good guys, files for bankruptcy. Where are they forced to do it? Delaware.

    The movie Fight Club. Where's it take place? Delaware.

    In an episode of the Cosby Show, Vanessa's car is stolen. In Delaware.

    Look, I'm a pretty average guy, not some conspiracy nut. But the evidence speaks for itself: Delaware wants to rule the world. And something must be done. Thank you.

  9. Hopefully they don't play chess by (1337)+God · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why patents suck: http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Images/chess-flyer-crop-thum bnail.jpg

    You can get sued for writing a program like the one above. It's 3 lines of code. No, really guys. It's 3 friggin' lines of code.

    Look at it! It's a patent on the fucking EXCLUSIVE OR operation that's standard in every microchip ever made since the 1950s.

    THAT, my friends, is why I don't trust patents. You never know how they can be extended.

    PLUS they're a large gov't organization that's slow and stagnant. Let the people innovate!

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    Background: 28/M/Bi-Sexual; Owner of a Linux company; MBA Harvard 2003; B.S. Comp Sci MIT 2000
  10. Fun with patent lawyers by stormraven · · Score: 2, Funny

    I could make some enlightened post that dazzles all who read it with its genius, but I won't. Instead I'll quote the character Dick from Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 2.

    The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.