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Google and Others Sued For Automating Email

Posted by kdawson on from the promoting-the-progress-of-science-and-the-useful-arts dept.

Dotnaught sends us to InformationWeek for news of the latest lawsuit by Polaris IP, which holds a patent on the idea of responding automatically to emails. The company has no products. It brought suit in the Eastern District in Texas, as many patent trolls do — though the article informs us that that venue has been getting less friendly of late to IP interests, and has actually invalidated some patents. The six companies being sued are AOL, Amazon, Borders, Google, IAC, and Yahoo. All previous suits based on this patent have been settled.

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  1. I for one... by hikaricore · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Welcome our Email automating overlords.

  2. e4c? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the next round of world-spaaning

  3. Parent looked out the window in English class. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sendmail looks up in it's address base and either a) forwards to appropriate mailbox or b) replies with undeliverable. When you mean to use the possessive form, use "its." You could also use some proper capitalization. Now go back to school and pay attention in English class.
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  4. Welcome by NynexNinja · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I for one welcome our patent troll overlords.

  5. Re:Simple by GISGEOLOGYGEEK · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Interesting question, considering the USA went to Bagdad for things that we all knew didn't even exist.

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