EFF's Patent Busting Targets Nintendo, Solitaire Patents

Posted by simoniker on Thursday July 1, 2004 @12:11AM from the take-em-down dept.

Thanks to the EFF site for its list of 'Patent Busting's Most Wanted' miscreants, the top ten patents "that pose the biggest threat to the public domain", as previously mentioned in a Slashdot mainpage post. However, Slashdot Games-relevant entries worth investigating further include an entry on Nintendo, accused of "threatening reverse engineering of videogames to promote interoperability and emulation by hobbyists and entrepreneurs like Crimson Fire Entertainment and Gambit Studios", and an entry on Sheldon F. Goldberg, accused of "claiming to own basic online gaming architecture [as well as Solitaire]." The article indicates: "EFF's team of lawyers and technologists will be tracking down prior art and preparing to petition the Patent and Trademark Office for revocation of these offenders' patents."

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Re:DDOS The patent system by sepluv · 2004-07-01 03:14 · Score: 2, Funny

Microsoft already does this. (BTW it costs a lot of money--and that's NOT uinlcuding the bribes).

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Re:Lobby for an Overhaul of the System by Pendersempai · 2004-07-01 04:58 · Score: 3, Funny

Also, we need to stop complying with patents that were granted illegally. Too many companies, individuals, projects and organisations comply with clearly illegal patents (because they're scared of getting sued).
Yep, we'll be right behind you...
Is it possible to ..... by databank · 2004-07-01 07:49 · Score: 2, Funny

patent the process of suing a company or business for the intent to make money?

Then anytime someone makes a silly lawsuit, you can sue claiming they're infringing on your patent!!! If they have reasonable cause, you can "give them" permission to sue for money!

Come on, let's get the EFF to apply for this!