So the Onlive folks think they can have a monopoly on cloud gaming merely because they've registered a patent?
If the patent is "fundamental" to cloud gaming then they are obliged to make it available on FRAND terms. Which means Gaikai just needs to do due diligence and obtain the rights to use the patent and Steve can't touch them.
Anyway I think they are probably overstating their patent case, because cloud gaming isn't all that much of a step up from the sort of browser gaming that's been happening for ages, before FB gaming got big even. There's possibly more ways to skin that cat, and you can't patent the idea of cloud gaming, you have to patent the method. Other than being able to stream higher quality games, what's materially different to the FTP browser stuff my son's been playing for ages?
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