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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: Czar on May 27, 2008, 12:42:02 PM

Title: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Czar on May 27, 2008, 12:42:02 PM
haha!

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/27/1643258&from=rss
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Petch on May 29, 2008, 08:06:54 AM
Even if this were true, which I doubt.  Who would enforce it?
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: The Shoctor on May 29, 2008, 09:06:16 AM
I would enforce it. lol. Patent troll is trollish.
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Petch on May 29, 2008, 10:29:42 AM
I would enforce it. lol. Patent troll is trollish.

I declare shenanigans! 

But our shenanigans are cheeky and fun....
Yeah, his shenanigans are cruel and tragic....
Which wouldn't make them shenanigans, at all, really....
Evil shenanigans!
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Agent4054 on May 29, 2008, 10:38:17 AM
Next person to say shenanigans is going to get pistol whipped!
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: .:F3ar0n:. on May 29, 2008, 10:41:34 AM
Next person to say shenanigans is going to get pistol whipped!

Oh the shenanigans!
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Petch on May 29, 2008, 11:37:12 AM
Hey Farva, what's the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy Crap on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?


(Oh, FYI, This thread has been jacked!)
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: decepticon on May 29, 2008, 11:55:42 AM
Shenanigans!
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: The Shoctor on May 29, 2008, 02:29:27 PM
http://www.vuestar.biz/faq.php
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: decepticon on May 29, 2008, 02:41:43 PM
What a load of bullCrap.
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Agent4054 on May 29, 2008, 02:52:00 PM
Wait what? I don't get it. I thought that linking through an image just consisted of basic html tagging via an img tag nested in the url tag.... which is free last time I checked....
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: The Shoctor on May 29, 2008, 02:56:40 PM
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My web page uses visual images am I the only one paying the Licence?
No. You are required to have a License, as is your Internet Service provider, your Telco whose phones connected to the web and anybody else contributing to the use of  the patent. All search engine portals and web sites that have search facilities and images will require separate Licenses.

ZOMG! Quick switch to non-visual images!
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Petch on May 29, 2008, 02:59:15 PM
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Where do I find the Patent(s)?
The Republic of Singapore Patent No. 95940 is registered at IPOS from Year 2003, its application/grant date.  See IPOS website.  Other VUESTAR Patents are registered in Australia, New Zealand and USA.

Notice that the patent is registered in the Republic of Singapore.  Then it mentions that OTHER VUESTAR Patents are registered in Australia, New Zealand, and USA.
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Agent4054 on May 29, 2008, 03:00:42 PM
Oh wait wait wait....

*In what jurisdiction is this Licence applicable?
The Republic of Singapore.

That explains it somewhat.

(bah petch posted before me)
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Petch on May 29, 2008, 03:05:31 PM
Oh that's right...

In order for the patent to stand in the US, it needed to be applied for and granted in the US.  So even if that does stand, it wouldn't apply to us, so eff them.

General Info on Patents:  http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html

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Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: The Shoctor on May 29, 2008, 03:10:56 PM
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    *  The USA Patent granted by the USA Government Patent Office ( USPTO )
    * No: 7-065 -520 B2
    * Valid until 2025
    * A method of locating Web – sites using visual images

But I looked it up and can't find this patent number.
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Petch on May 29, 2008, 04:33:13 PM
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    *  The USA Patent granted by the USA Government Patent Office ( USPTO )
    * No: 7-065 -520 B2
    * Valid until 2025
    * A method of locating Web – sites using visual images


But I looked it up and can't find this patent number.


Ah dammit, I found it... It was filed in the US.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7065520.PN.&OS=PN/7065520&RS=PN/7065520


I really only skimmed it, but from what I saw it looks like this only applies to search engines?



Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: decepticon on May 29, 2008, 06:19:18 PM
It reads like that.  It doesn't say anything about using HTML to directly link to a website.  If that were the case, the developers of HTML already would have rights to it as I believe HTML was developed before this patent.
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: Czar on May 30, 2008, 07:24:56 AM
Just to make sure I don't do anything with pictures anymore, I'm posting this message using lynx.

(http://www.czaralex.com/images/lynxpost.png)

Ha and yes, I know I posted a pic! hahah
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: The Shoctor on May 30, 2008, 08:15:00 AM
hahahahahahahahaha
Title: Re: Quick! Shut down everything!
Post by: DoubleG on June 02, 2008, 05:15:46 PM
Patent = Epic Fail