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PanIP May Be Standing On Shaky Ground

Posted by timothy on from the port-in-a-storm dept.

GoatEnigma writes "You may remember the name PanIP, the company trying to hold e-commerce hostage with their patents. Well, according to this update on the PanIP Defendants site, it might not be as easy as they thought. Apparently a little bit of successful legal opposition has slowed down their nefarious scheme. Tim claims to have found evidence to undermine their patents, although the article is very short on details as to what this evidence might be..."

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  1. Obviously... by oGMo · · Score: 4, Funny
    Tim claims to have found evidence to undermine their patents, although the article is very short on details as to what this evidence might be...

    Duh. Obviously, they found it had been copied from SCO source.

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  2. This just in by ded_guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    All ideas supported by the /. community have just become law. Spammers have been sighted exploding in front of their computers. Every channel now runs porn 24/7.

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  3. Brazen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you think about it, calling a company created solely to milk patents "PanIP" is pretty up-front in a sick kind of way. I probably would have gone with "Screw You Patents Inc." but perhaps that's taken. Maybe "Bendover Patents". Hmm.