Intel Fined 2 Billion USD In Damages For Patent Infringement

RJARRRPCGP · Mar 4, 2021

Patents only last for 20-something years after filing. Where I'll be dead before a copyright expires!

ZoneDymo · Mar 4, 2021

Mussels said:
Imagine how much better CPU and GPU tech we could have without all the wasted money focused on researching patents in every country
"oh sorry engineering we cant use that method, i know the other one uses 20% more power but kevin in korea has a patent"

you could also...ya know....pay? kevin in korea to use their patent? or would that be crazy

Aquinus · Mar 4, 2021

ZoneDymo said:
you could also...ya know....pay? kevin in korea to use their patent? or would that be crazy

Maybe Kevin is an asshole and isn't willing to license the tech or produce any devices using the tech and is only holding on to it to sue people.

Mussels · Mar 5, 2021

ZoneDymo said:
you could also...ya know....pay? kevin in korea to use their patent? or would that be crazy

depends if kevin is a troll and wants billions of dollars for it

It also must cost a LOT of time and money for every engineering change to be compared to a global list of patents
'wait kevin has a patent for upside down triangles and ours is a sideways triangle, can we still use it? Also his patent is in french so the translation is vague'

I like people being paid for their IP. I just really, really hate patent trolls.

R-T-B · Mar 6, 2021

Caring1 said:
protecting I.P

by not using it? Yeah, no.

Aquinus said:
Maybe Kevin is an asshole and isn't willing to license the tech or produce any devices using the tech and is only holding on to it to sue people.

This.

R0H1T · Mar 6, 2021

Mussels said:
depends if kevin is a troll and wants billions of dollars for it

I dunno sounds like a decent enough bloke to me, what'd he do btw?

Mussels · Mar 6, 2021

R0H1T said:
I dunno sounds like a decent enough bloke to me, what'd he do btw?

kevin made a patent for a straight line that meets another 3 straight lines to make a shape and then sat on it for 20 years to sue everyone

Also i just like picking on kevins in this example, cause i hate patent trolls and ugh kevin stop it

windwhirl · Mar 6, 2021

Mussels said:
kevin made a patent for a straight line that meets another 3 straight lines to make a shape and then sat on it for 20 years to sue everyone

Also i just like picking on kevins in this example, cause i hate patent trolls and ugh kevin stop it

Kevins are POS.

You know what would mitigate that? More competent people at the patents office.

R-T-B · Mar 7, 2021

windwhirl said:
You know what would mitigate that? More competent people at the patents office.

That would stop Kevins from being born? Cool, I'm onboard.

windwhirl · Mar 7, 2021

R-T-B said:
That would stop Kevins from being born? Cool, I'm onboard.

Hah! Nah, but at least it will stop a good number of them from patenting bs.

I mean, what kind of thinking could lead someone to think that this could be patented?

US5443036A - Method of exercising a cat - Google Patents

A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor or wall or other opaque surface in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser so as to cause the bright pattern of light to move in an irregular way...

patents.google.com

R-T-B · Mar 7, 2021

windwhirl said:
I mean, what kind of thinking could lead someone to think that this could be patented?

They wanted attention and now they got it, I'm guessing?

windwhirl · Mar 7, 2021

R-T-B said:
They wanted attention and now they got it, I'm guessing?

"Look Ma! I've patented sumthin'!"

LOL

Well, if there is anything of use out of that one, I'd say the citations.

Though, I don't know how Microsoft came to relate laser-pointing cats with a patent for "secure machine counting" (piracy deterrent)

Either Google made a mistake or someone at MS was drunk at the time.

medi01 · Mar 7, 2021

USPO is an embarrassment.

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Intel Fined 2 Billion USD In Damages For Patent Infringement

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US5443036A - Method of exercising a cat - Google Patents

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