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Red Hat Sued Over Hibernate ORM Patent Claim

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the done-it-first dept.

fmarines writes "Firestar Software has filed a patent claim against Red Hat for infringing on a patent Firestar filed in 2000 covering O/R mapping. The amount of the lawsuit was not disclosed. The complaint centers around JBoss 3, and the patent claims that JBoss was given prior notice that marketing, distribution, and support services violates Firestar's patent, and that Firestar 'has suffered and will continue to suffer substantial damages.' Firestar produces the ObjectSpark, an transactional object mapping engine which appears to not have had a new release since May 2003, according to the Firestar press release page."

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  1. Time to implement public caning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Continue allowing these suits to be brought before the court. However, if the plaintiff loses on the basis of an invalid patent, he/she will receive 100 lashes with wet bamboo strips -- the plaintiff's attorneys as well.

  2. Their CTO and VP Engineering have degrees in.. by mikeburke · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Economics.

  3. Firestar's not the only one by defile · · Score: 2, Funny

    We too have suffered and will continue to suffer substantial damages due to Hibernate.

  4. Re:Sue them back into oblivion. by Reverend528 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Am I right thinking it shouldn't be too difficult to sue Firestarter Software into oblivion?

    I counter your "mapping an object model to a relational database" patent with my "mapping a relational database to a magnetic disk" patent of +3 vorpal.

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  5. They said contact them.... by 955301 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thank you for reading that wonderful article everyone. You may now reach Firestars public relations department at the following email address:

    "Media Contact
    Contact our public relations group to inquire about press information, to arrange interviews, to receive company information or bios of key personnel, and to request media/press kits.
    pr@firestarsoftware.com"

    Sales and Marketing and partnerships seem to be the same fool:
    Rob McGowan
    SVP, Sales and Marketing
    FireStar Software, Inc.
    Phone: (201) 784-3894, (201) 522-7788
    E-mail: McGowan@firestarsoftware.com

    Have fun, be creative!

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