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Lucent Sues Microsoft, Wants All 360s Recalled
robyannetta writes "Lucent has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, demanding that they pull all Xbox 360s from the market. Lucent claims that Microsoft has violated their MPEG2 patents which they claim they patented in 1993." While it's unlikely console will be pulled from shelves, it's one way to generate some publicity.
I wonder if Microsoft would pull a 360 here.
Could god make a chair so heavy that he himself could not throw it across the room and smite lesser companies?
The lawsuit, which was previously filed by Lucent against Microsoft, was ruled in favor of Microsoft, not on legal grounds, but because of a typographical error in Lucent's patent papers.
The typographical error in question was the use of an unusual symbol by Lucent in place of the more standard 's' in the word 'Microsoft.'
The judge ruled that since there is no true legal entity called 'Micro$oft' to be the defendant the case must necessarily be dismissed.
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Lucent (to MS): Microsoft, you violated our MPEG2 patent. We demand you recall all 360s. Now.
Microsoft: What !? We are afraid it's not going to be possible.
Lucent (angrily): Do it now ! Or we will sue you !
Sony (pointing his finger toward MS): LOLLLL Huhuhuhu Huhu !
Lucent (to Sony): You too !
Sony: Bastards...
It's called honesty.
Oh so appropriate, given the scatological (pun intended) meaning of that word. I wish I had mod points.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.