Several Publishers Sued for Infringing 3D Patent

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Several Publishers Sued for Infringing 3D Patent 358

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:13PM from the i-have-patented-the-cube-rubiks-pay-up dept.

jok writes "According to a story on GameDaily, law firm McKool Smith is suing several publishers for infringing their patent on a "Method and Apparatus for Spherical Planning", filed in 1988. Among the companies being sued are several big names, such as Square Enix, Electronic Arts, Vivendi Universal, Sega."

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Yikes! (Score:5, Funny)

by Average_Joe_Sixpack ( 534373 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:16PM (#10703322)

Does this mean I'm no longer allowed to play UT??

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I wish I could buy stock in law firms (Score:3, Funny)

by four2five ( 645777 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:16PM (#10703330) Homepage

Because they seem to be the largest growth industry as of late. This is ridiculous, just like the Eolas patent.....Ben Franklin's descendants should try and patent electricity, it just might go through in the systems current state.

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patent on spherical planning (Score:5, Funny)

by stanmann ( 602645 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:18PM (#10703354) Journal

So is this patent on Pi? or just on a technique for simulating depth, for prior art, do I need to pull up van gogh or dali? or just mario 1?

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News Flash: Duke Nukem Forever Delayed (Score:5, Funny)

by fembots ( 753724 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:18PM (#10703368) Homepage

Due to pending lawsuit.

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Lucky for Duke Nukem Forever (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:19PM (#10703372)

By the time it comes out the patent will be expired!

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What's next, a suit by Dewey Cheatum and Howe? (Score:5, Funny)

by MooseByte ( 751829 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:20PM (#10703396)

"The patent is ridiculously broad. It's purely McKool Smith trying to make money. It's an abuse of the legal system"
McKool Smith? WTF kind of name is that for a law firm? Sounds like a shakedown scam operation from GTA:San Andreas.

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Re:Snowballing (Score:5, Funny)

by pogle ( 71293 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:21PM (#10703416) Homepage

"You can only be so stupid."

You're new here arent you?

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Re:Imagine a world without lawyers (Score:4, Funny)

by metlin ( 258108 ) * writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:23PM (#10703441) Journal

Imagine a world without lawyers

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

You may draw the analogy ;)

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Re:I wish I could buy stock in law firms (Score:2, Funny)

by Sexy Bern ( 596779 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:32PM (#10703567)

The powers that be would know watt the resistance would be like.

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Re:This is why software patents (Score:5, Funny)

by operagost ( 62405 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:34PM (#10703597) Homepage Journal

The problem is that some ideas are not quite scaleable, and the technology nor adoption may exist at the time of filing the patent.

In that case, I'm filing the patent for my antimatter engine now.

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Re:Imagine a world without lawyers (Score:5, Funny)

by CatLord42 ( 657659 ) writes: <catlord42 AT yahoo DOT com> on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @04:49PM (#10703795) Journal

You may draw the analogy ;)

But not in 3D!!!

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Re:Panning, not Planning (Score:2, Funny)

by AndroidCat ( 229562 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @05:02PM (#10703976) Homepage

In this case, they're obviously panning for gold.

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Re:High Tech Gold indeed (Score:2, Funny)

by AndroidCat ( 229562 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @05:05PM (#10704028) Homepage

1. find someone with a stupid patent on those data mining techniques.
2. sue McKool, Smith.
3. profit!

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Re:Panning, not Planning (Score:3, Funny)

by BESTouff ( 531293 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @05:19PM (#10704242)

You can't blame /. for it's not really a website for the technical people ...

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Re:Not sued by McKool (Score:3, Funny)

by Tim Browse ( 9263 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @05:30PM (#10704364)

So what you are really saying is that they aren't just lawyers, they're exorsits?

No, they're definitely not missiles.

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Obligatory Simpsons quote AND VIDEO! (Score:2, Funny)

by The Hobo ( 783784 ) writes: on Tuesday November 02, 2004 @05:59PM (#10704697)

If there's one thing America needs, it's more lawyers. Can you imagine a world without lawyers?
-Lionel Hutz, "Marge In Chains"

Video clip of this [capefeare.com]

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Yikes! (Score:5, Funny)

I wish I could buy stock in law firms (Score:3, Funny)

patent on spherical planning (Score:5, Funny)

News Flash: Duke Nukem Forever Delayed (Score:5, Funny)

Lucky for Duke Nukem Forever (Score:5, Funny)

What's next, a suit by Dewey Cheatum and Howe? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Snowballing (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Imagine a world without lawyers (Score:4, Funny)

Re:I wish I could buy stock in law firms (Score:2, Funny)

Re:This is why software patents (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Imagine a world without lawyers (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Panning, not Planning (Score:2, Funny)

Re:High Tech Gold indeed (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Panning, not Planning (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Not sued by McKool (Score:3, Funny)

Obligatory Simpsons quote AND VIDEO! (Score:2, Funny)

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