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DVDCCA Claims Patent on CSS

Posted by michael on from the patent-leather-shoes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After dropping their suit against Andrew Bunner, DVDCCA has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against 321 Studios. This is an interesting claim, because since patents are published, something can not be both patented and a trade secret."

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  1. phew by Tirel · · Score: 5, Funny

    for a second there i thought they had a patent on CSS

  2. And I thought... by jamesjw · · Score: 4, Funny


    And I thought CSS was dead..

    I mean how many times do they have to crack it before they realise that the cats already out of the bag?

    Its been circumvented so many times, how can they hold a straight face while that file for legal action against 321studios?

    *shakes head*

    -- Jim.

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    -- If at first you don't succeed, lie!
  3. 321 studios by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    DVDCCA has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against 321 Studios

    Wow, after seeing the MPAA issue hundreds of subpoenas, it somehow didn't occur to me that DVDCCA didn't actually sue 321 studios, but a company named 321 Studios.

    Kudos to these guys for the choice of name. It's almost as if they expected to be sued and wanted to make a good joke out of it. Well done!

    --
    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
    1. Re:321 studios by spektr · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's almost as if they expected to be sued and wanted to make a good joke out of it.

      Remembers me of Douglas Adams, who said that Branwell Bronte "died standing up leaning against a mantelpiece, in order to prove that it could be done".

    2. Re:321 studios by nathanh · · Score: 5, Funny
      Wow, after seeing the MPAA issue hundreds of subpoenas, it somehow didn't occur to me that DVDCCA didn't actually sue 321 studios, but a company named 321 Studios.

      It was actually only 78 studios, but some of those companies had 8x speed burners.

  4. I read it the same way by Trillan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Holy panic attack, batman!

    And I'd only just figured out how to do text shadows today!!