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Google, Yahoo, Others Sued Over Solitaire Patent

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the patent-trolls dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Back in 2004, Slashdot posted about computer solitaire being patented. It was a ridiculous patent and made it onto the EFF's list of worst patents. However, not much had been heard about that patent until now. It turns out that the patent holder, Sheldon Goldberg, is now using that patent to sue a bunch of different online publications, including Digg, eBaum's World, the NY Times, Cnet and the Washington Post. He's also suing Google, Yahoo and AOL (why not?)."

3 of 163 comments (clear)

  1. Youp fail it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    NIGGER ASSOCIATION sorely diminished. the most. Look at sadn3ss And it was

  2. I see your suit and raise you a monkey's uncle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It has flair, in a non-gay way !!

  3. Goldberg... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Goldberg, eh? Now that's short of surprising.

    Go create some capital for once, Jew.