and Im going to patent time.NeedAUserName said:I call dibs on the ground. So, maybe you and I don't pay each other?Super Toast said:If that's possible, I'm gonna go patent the air.
and Im going to patent time.NeedAUserName said:I call dibs on the ground. So, maybe you and I don't pay each other?Super Toast said:If that's possible, I'm gonna go patent the air.
Word. It must say something about the parent company's finances to troll patents like this. I'm going to patent the idea of a paintball park now, if you'll excuse me.Super Toast said:If that's possible, I'm gonna go patent the air.
I patent patents.Celtic_Kerr said:I call water! Since there's more of it than there is ground. No ships in mah domain! Mwahaha!NeedAUserName said:I call dibs on the ground. So, maybe you and I don't pay each other?Super Toast said:If that's possible, I'm gonna go patent the air.
I could get in on that bargain
Not necessarily to that second bit, broad ranging is a matter of opinion.Grouchy Imp said:"Connected to a central controller" - Well wasn't MW2 infamous for not having dedicated servers? And if that patent covers temporary servers, then that patent covers all online gaming. Seems a bit of an odd patent to grant, they're usually rejected if they're too broad-ranging.
Waltzing Maltilda, made in Australia, legal copyright is owned by some USA'ian.Zenode said:This is almost as bad as Worlds.com patenting "online avatars" i mean really, who the heck allows these vague patents to go through the system.
'jumps out of a third story building'this isnt my name said:ou will have to fight that crazy spanish lady for it, not to mention people will sue you for sunburn, drouhgt, cancer, sunstroker, etc.treeboy027 said:Well, I patent the sun!
Gravity is mine btw, pay up.
Unfortuantely, due to some silly changes in the US patent system over the last few decades, it is. It is perfectly possible to patent a concept even when you have not produced a working implementation. It is perfectly possible to do so after someone has already produced an example that would infringe on your patent. It is perfectly legal to then sue for compensation where there is an unsettling trend of the success.GamesB2 said:They patented online tournaments?
Is that even possible?
Crazy patent trolls...
good thing i have gillstherandombear said:We could cooperate, I'll patent breathing, that way we get to sue anyone who is breathing air!Super Toast said:If that's possible, I'm gonna go patent the air.
OT: Patent troll is trolling I presume =/