Activision Sued Over Online Multiplayer in Call of Duty, WoW
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But you see, my friend here patented matter and energy, therefore he patented you, therefore, your patent belongs to us! HAHAHAHAHA!WanderingFool said:
I like how this company has waited until online gaming is as big as it is to launch this patent suit. consider that they waited about half a decade at least so at least if they win, they'll be so rich they'll be able to patent free spee! *sound of muffled cried for help*....
Walker Digital is a brilliant, ethical and above board company...and to be very...very clear...they are not in my house right now with a warlord'd red sight silencer Famas pointed at me.
Walker Digital is a brilliant, ethical and above board company...and to be very...very clear...they are not in my house right now with a warlord'd red sight silencer Famas pointed at me.
This should prove to everyone just how out of control our patent system is. I would be interested to hear of a different way of doing online tournaments as an alternative. Though, for the patent to be officially there's, they would have to prove they were the first to implement such a system, that should prove interesting.
Edit: They are of course, kind of saying the idea of dedicated servers are theres. This could have far reaching implications.
Edit: They are of course, kind of saying the idea of dedicated servers are theres. This could have far reaching implications.
I'll take the sea!NeedAUserName said:
[sub]Maybe this is how the Greek God's divided up the territories amongst one another... "k, Hades, you can have the patent to the underworld, feel free to sue anyone who uses it with their immortal souls..."[/sub]
Bring up the Greek gods, Why is it Zues was the ruler of them all? If I was Posiden or Hades, I would have called foul on that...Simalacrum said:
Who else thinks they patented every game innovation of that year and then just sat on them until they wanted to try and cash in?
Since dark matter and anti-matter aren't patented yet, I'll claim those. Since that makes up the majority of the universe I guess I have the controlling share of it. CEO of the universe and time/space, nice.
Since dark matter and anti-matter aren't patented yet, I'll claim those. Since that makes up the majority of the universe I guess I have the controlling share of it. CEO of the universe and time/space, nice.
Ugh, you're gonna make this hard for me, cause now I have to somehow alter my entire bodily functions so that I only breathe in oxygen, since Air is made up of manycomponents... I hate having to alter my Genetic Coding for these issues dude...therandombear said:
That seems pretty obvious to me, because these three have the money or at least the largest portion of it. Going after little companies would prove fruitless because even if it was ruled in their favor, they wouldn't have the means to pay them the amounts required. A large company may also be more likely to settle out of court.Celtic_Kerr said:
WoW makes uses of a tournament like feature for their arena PvP, that's likely the focus of their suit against that game.
Funny how a company that from the looks of it no one has heard of has a patent on online multiplayer and is sueing an enormous company with a massive outlet for online games.
Seriously, the whole "suing is an american pasttime" is starting to get really annoying.
Seriously, the whole "suing is an american pasttime" is starting to get really annoying.
tkioz said:
You realise the Genome thing was done by a guy trying to ensure that no corporation could do it by proving it could NOT be patented? Turns out, it can't be.
I think this is a similar thing, at least, in that it won't fly because it's too damn obvious and fundamental. Patents have to be very specific. General ideas tend to get thrown out if someone comes along later sand screams "My idea! PATENT!". Unless a design schematic was present they're unlikely to get anywhere.
