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Famine on 22 March 2008
okr said:

The few of us were not defending her because we know she's right. I don't have a clue if she's right, but from what I read about the first suit it seems to me that Philips thought they'd lose the case and therefore settled it out of court.

The few of us were just defending a scientist against the random "burn the bloody old witch" posts in this thread.

And regarding the recurring traffic lights argument: Has anybody thought about the fact that technology changes over years?

"In the mid 1990s, cost-effective traffic light lamps using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were developed; prior to this date traffic lights were designed using incandescent or halogen light bulbs. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_light


So why now? Why after so many years does she decide to "bark?"

It's not like most of this stuff was done incognito by other companies.



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Words Of Wisdom on 22 March 2008
wfz said:
Would it be a good investment for me to make a patent on a hovering car? I mean hey, it's bound to be invented someday.

For the most part, you can't patent a concept, but you can patent a concept's implementation.  So when you figure out how to make a hovering car... go to it.  Until then, more power to you.



Fastrabbit09 on 24 March 2008
ssj12 said:
technological innovation should not be patented

without patents we would be soooooo far behind where we are today

companies have to spend billions on R&D and in many cases can only make the ROI work because of patents



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rocketpig on 24 March 2008
insomniac17 said:
cool48 said:
Right...

Reminds me of the guy who sued Microsoft for 1 000 000$ because his copy of Halo 3 didn't work.

and the lady who sued McDonalds (and won) because she spilled hot coffee in her lap.


While this "patent infringement" might be bullshit, I highly suggest you actually look up the details to that McDonald's suit.

The woman wasn't asking for that much money; the jury awarded her that to punish McDonald's because that suit was the last in several suits McDonalds had been sued for over that very same thing. They used to serve their coffee at 185 degrees or some shit like that and people were actually getting injured when it would spill. Not funny little injuries, but skin-graft-stuck-in-a-hospital-for-days type of injuries.

The judge later reduced the money awarded because the the penalty was unwarranted but after that, McDonald's finally got the point and lowered the temperature of their coffee. If you remember the temperature they used to serve it at, that's a good thing.




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rocketpig on 24 March 2008
ssj12 said:
NeoRatt said:
ssj12 said:
NeoRatt said:
These kinds of patent suits are happening all the time. Nothing to be alarmed about. But, I think Sony would be in a lot of trouble if Antitrust did an investigation as it is now a monopoly for HD Movie distribution.

no they aren't

the entire BDA owns Blu-ray


Sony owns the key patents for the technology and licenses them. Is it fair that Sony can sell a gaming console and blu-ray player for cheaper than companies typically sell just a blu-ray player? And PS3 was sold at a loss to push blu-ray initially. Can that be considered a fair business practice? I'm no lawyer but I have seen a lot stupider stuff end up succeeding the US justice system.


is that why Samsung has the cheapest Blu-ray Player on the market?


Er?

http://www.samsung.com/us/function/dealerlocator/buyOnline.do?group=mp3audiovideo&type=blu_ray&subtype=blu_raydiscplayers&model_cd=BD-P1400/XAA 




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