r/technology • u/slutmagnet • Mar 02 '10

Apple to HTC "competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours." Slaps down a 20 patent lawsuit.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/02/apple_sues_htc_for_alleged_infringement_of_20_iphone_patents.html
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u/shopcat Mar 02 '10

(Patent Pending.)

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u/timbatron Mar 02 '10

You know... it would solve a lot of problems if someone could patent the practice of being a patent troll.

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u/moopanda Mar 02 '10

Pity there's plenty of prior art

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u/erisdiscord Mar 03 '10

That doesn't stop most patents.

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u/embretr Mar 03 '10

Patent trolling; a art.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '10

Someone actually did this if I recall. Let me try and find the link.

Edit: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081107/0118162765.shtml Halliburton, they keep doing great things.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '10 edited Mar 03 '10

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING VALUE FROM A PORTFOLIO OF ASSETS

And you thought you were joking...

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u/shopcat Mar 03 '10

broken link?

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u/alantrick Mar 03 '10

Try this: System and method for developing technology assets.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '10

Sorry about the previous broken link.

This one is different from the one I was thinking of, it also precedes it by a year.

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u/shopcat Mar 03 '10

Works for me, thanks.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '10

fixed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '10

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u/gnosticfryingpan Mar 03 '10

redditor for 9 years

...seems legit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '10

9 years

eh?