Psycho Warrior wrote:for this reason, that is why I like to be around Locust. fun stuff happens.
The Happy Locust wrote:for the record, companies like immersion and the company that's suing Nintendo over the wiimote's functions are what we call "patent-squatters". They come up with an idea, patent the idea without a working design, prototype, or production, and then sue the first company to actually make it.
TheMuffin wrote:The Happy Locust wrote:for the record, companies like immersion and the company that's suing Nintendo over the wiimote's functions are what we call "patent-squatters". They come up with an idea, patent the idea without a working design, prototype, or production, and then sue the first company to actually make it.
Yeah. But some companies like Microsoft are smart enough to just pay them the royalties to avoid spending many more millions in court.
Tha Tweezrrr wrote:TheMuffin wrote:The Happy Locust wrote:for the record, companies like immersion and the company that's suing Nintendo over the wiimote's functions are what we call "patent-squatters". They come up with an idea, patent the idea without a working design, prototype, or production, and then sue the first company to actually make it.
Yeah. But some companies like Microsoft are smart enough to just pay them the royalties to avoid spending many more millions in court.
It's still essentially the same thing as fat people suing McDonalds because they let themselves become fat from eating their food. These "patent squatters" are suing companies because they produced the same product. only that same product produced wasn't just a good idea written down on paper and left to rot in the throughs of patent hell!
TheMuffin wrote:Tha Tweezrrr wrote:TheMuffin wrote:The Happy Locust wrote:for the record, companies like immersion and the company that's suing Nintendo over the wiimote's functions are what we call "patent-squatters". They come up with an idea, patent the idea without a working design, prototype, or production, and then sue the first company to actually make it.
Yeah. But some companies like Microsoft are smart enough to just pay them the royalties to avoid spending many more millions in court.
It's still essentially the same thing as fat people suing McDonalds because they let themselves become fat from eating their food. These "patent squatters" are suing companies because they produced the same product. only that same product produced wasn't just a good idea written down on paper and left to rot in the throughs of patent hell!
But. If you had created something (we'll use the rumble technology) and paid the money to have it patented, would you not be pissed if some giant company like Sony decided to steal your exact design and not pay for it?
TheMuffin wrote:So...You would want your idea stolen by a billion dollar company because they didn't want to spend a few thousand to come up with it for themselves...You'd be honored if someone else made millions of dollars off of your idea while you make nothing on it.
Just because there was no working prototype of the tech means nothing. All it says to me is they hadn't found a product to include it in yet.
TheMuffin wrote:Just because there was no working prototype of the tech means nothing. All it says to me is they hadn't found a product to include it in yet.
Psycho Warrior wrote:for this reason, that is why I like to be around Locust. fun stuff happens.
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