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sffvba[e0rt
September 3rd, 2011, 09:31 PM
http://www.dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/100000/30000/3000/100/133183/133183.strip.gif
Ric_NYC
September 3rd, 2011, 10:44 PM
It's out of control.

Ridiculous...

http://rww.readwriteweb.netdna-cdn.com/mobile/Reuters_Patent_Chart.jpg
Lucradia
September 4th, 2011, 07:20 AM
If you notice, only a few are not suing others (IE: Google, LG, etc.) According to the chart above.
Oxwivi
September 4th, 2011, 08:19 AM
Yes, unlike what quite a few people believe, not all patent-holders use patents to troll.
disabledaccount
September 4th, 2011, 10:35 AM
Most of big companies are not worth their market value, what means the value is an effect of in what do investors belive. Patents (won lawsuits, fines) are one of ways to rise virtual value of the company. Virtual, because value of patent today depends on how many infringements will be prooved.
PhillyPhil
September 4th, 2011, 02:45 PM
It's out of control.

Ridiculous...



That chart is missing a lot. Even this one is missing quite a bit (plus it's a year or so old):

http://i.imgur.com/nCXc7.jpg

http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110721/02264715188/acacia-buys-up-more-smartphone-apps-patents-watch-patent-thicket-get-worse.shtml
Oxwivi
September 4th, 2011, 03:04 PM
The Reuters representation skipped on the small-fry and generally unknown outfits off the equation.
Lucradia
September 4th, 2011, 03:26 PM
The newer chart has Texas Instruments? Who the heck would troll the great glory of calculator makers?

The new chart has only two apple suing arrows, it should have more actually. Apple will also get a lot more suing ready with those new vague patents it just acquired.
werty2010
September 4th, 2011, 03:29 PM
not that it will ever happen.. but imagine the possibilities if all these companies try to build something all together...
aura7
September 4th, 2011, 03:34 PM
I would probably differ on opinion if all these companies merge for me

' TOO MANY COOK SPOILS THE BROTH '
sffvba[e0rt
September 4th, 2011, 05:24 PM
Glad to see everyone saw the "humor" in the OP and didn't carry on at a tangent moaning about all the patents trolls out there... oh wait... never mind...


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SavageWolf
September 4th, 2011, 07:20 PM
You posted something parodying how bad things are getting, and we discussed how bad things are getting. What did you expect us to do?
Oxwivi
September 4th, 2011, 07:24 PM
Laugh at how bad things are going of course!
whatthefunk
September 4th, 2011, 07:35 PM
Laugh at how bad things are going of course!

Im suing Oxwivi. Ive patented the exclamation point.
Oxwivi
September 4th, 2011, 07:59 PM
G'luck finding my identity from the IP address - it's a shared IP forced en masse by the ISP. :P

(been reading quite a bit about copyright violation cases on TorrentFreak)
whatthefunk
September 4th, 2011, 08:06 PM
G'luck finding my identity from the IP address - it's a shared IP forced en masse by the ISP. :P

(been reading quite a bit about copyright violation cases on TorrentFreak)

Ive also patented the word "G'luck." Youre in serious trouble now. If I cant find an identity to sue, Ill sue your avatar.
Oxwivi
September 4th, 2011, 08:26 PM
Sure thing, too bad I don't have an avatar.

We're going far off-topic now. Does Dilbert even have the rights to name Google, Apple, et al?
sffvba[e0rt
September 5th, 2011, 04:45 AM
Sure thing, too bad I don't have an avatar.

We're going far off-topic now. Does Dilbert even have the rights to name Google, Apple, et al?


Dilbert is the only thing bigger than Google and Apple in America at the moment... it is even bigger than China... But only on Wednesdays...


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PS - Stabbing a lol @ the world... let us not go of at a tangent all politically please... this thread is to innocent and young to be locked up (now ;))