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No PodBuddy for iPod lovers

Posted by timothy on from the when-patents-suck dept.

dniq writes "It appears that DLO (Digital Lifestyle Outfitters) are using their patent #6,591,085 to keep a PodBuddy, designed by DVForge, a product, competing with DLO's TransPod, off the market. Another example where patents are interfering with innovation and in the end - the end users are suffering the consequences, because far more superior product can't see the light due to dirty tricks of the patent owners :("

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  1. BFD! by twinstead · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So what. In my mind, the general public is being spared another crappy, overpriced accessory from DVForge. Who cares!

  2. So let's email him by TheWGP · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So let's email this Jeff Grady - public courtesy is nice (and lawsuit-avoiding) on commercial webpages such as PodBuddy's, but this is slashdot ;) Forget the company box :P