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Company Claims Patent On Spam Filtering, Sues World
EvilAlphonso notes news of a "Texas" IP holding company suing 36 actual companies for violating its claimed patent on spam filtering. Techdirt deconstructs the patent itself, No. 6,018,761, which seems to amount to little more than a database lookup. It was filed in 1996 and issued in 2000 (despite the lawyers' press release claiming that it "was awarded... nearly 15 years ago"). Among the companies being sued are 3Com, Apple, Google, AOL, Yahoo, J.C.Penney, IBM, Dell, Citigroup, and RIM. Not Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, or Microsoft, oddly enough.
I think Microsoft already has a patent on that. Or maybe it's Apple. Or whatever it is we're hating right now.
So why the fuck are we getting Kagan? The judge she replaces should have died before she moved in... WTF is up with this? More Obama bullshit?
You seem to be the dumbest fucking person on earth. Supreme Court justices are appointed for life you fucking jackass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_judge.
"Article III federal judges" (as opposed to judges of some courts with special jurisdictions) serve "during good behavior" (often paraphrased as appointed "for life"). Judges hold their seats until they resign, die, or are removed from office. "
Supreme court judges are for life, unless you're a quitter like Justice Stevens. Some judges do want a life outside the courts, so they call it quits.. But generally speaking.. they die first.
Slavery is not making $100k+ per year jackass. You have the wrong definition of slavery.
Trolls are not wanted here... Fuck off!
Not sure if they're actually located in Marshall, TX. I found this public record:
INNOVA PATENT LICENSING, L.L.C.
16055 SPACE CENTER BLVD STE 235
HOUSTON, TX 77062-6212
Taxpayer Number: 32042021249
If anyone can get corporate officials' names and phone numbers that would be interesting.
It's true no man is an island, but if you take a bunch of dead guys and tie 'em together, they make a good raft.