Engineer Loses SSL Patent Case against RSA and VeriSign

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."

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Meanwhile, Jeff Besoz..

[dphoenix]

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".

Patent Process...

[dracken]

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

Re:I'm going to patent

[kfg]

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

Hopefully they don't play chess

[(1337) God]

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!