Worlds.com Sues NCSoft Over MMO-Patent 261
Lulfas writes "Worlds.com today sued NCSoft over its patent on a scalable virtual world, filed in 2000 and granted this February. This is a very broad base patent, and there is no reason to expect they will only sue NCSoft, when they should be able to use the same patent against other companies. 'Specifically, the suit claims that NCsoft has infringed on patent 7,181,690, "System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space" through its games, including City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II, and Tabula Rasa.'"
LambdaMOO (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, Xerox beat you to it. They invented everything first.
Shot down faster than you can say prior art (Score:5, Funny)
Somewhere a NCsoft lawyer is praticing his layups while saying *swish*
Blizzard. (Score:5, Funny)
If only they had tried to go after Blizzard... Worlds.com would have had their patent invalidated in a very epic way, if you will. :P
Re:LambdaMOO (Score:4, Funny)
-This idea was invented by Shampoo
...which caused/causes/is causing/will have caused an infinite causal regression...loop...thing...
Sounds a Lot Like (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds a lot like my patent, "System and Method for Allowing People to Talk." Perhaps we should get all our lawyers together for a barbeque or something.
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Re:Blizzard. (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:hey guys (Score:1, Funny)
You hate them, but you want them to perform an intimate sexual act on you. You sir, have a conflicted personality and should seek professional help.
Re:Sounds a Lot Like (Score:3, Funny)
Mmm...barbeque'd lawyers.
Re:Blizzard. (Score:3, Funny)
It's a quest item, not a drop.