Daily WTF: Singapore Firm Claims Patent Breach By Virtually All Websites
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This just exploded in the local news today, even appeared on slashdot. http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,165928,00.html[^] "The technology allows organisations to link images to other pages on their websites. If links on these pages then lead to the organisation's contact information, Vuestar regards this as use of their technology. Mr Smith said the company is not targeting users with personal websites." The patent is owned by an Australian, by the way.
Oh, my god! Idiots! :omg:
Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head. (Charles M Strauss)
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This just exploded in the local news today, even appeared on slashdot. http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,165928,00.html[^] "The technology allows organisations to link images to other pages on their websites. If links on these pages then lead to the organisation's contact information, Vuestar regards this as use of their technology. Mr Smith said the company is not targeting users with personal websites." The patent is owned by an Australian, by the way.
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Patent trolls should be punished by having the "c-word" tattooed on their forehead.
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
Phannon wrote:
Patent trolls should be punished by having the "c-word" tattooed on their forehead.
Or, more painfully, the word "forehead" tattooed on their c-words.
Simon
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This just exploded in the local news today, even appeared on slashdot. http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,165928,00.html[^] "The technology allows organisations to link images to other pages on their websites. If links on these pages then lead to the organisation's contact information, Vuestar regards this as use of their technology. Mr Smith said the company is not targeting users with personal websites." The patent is owned by an Australian, by the way.
darkelv wrote:
Mr Smith said the company is not targeting users with personal websites.
That should be enough ammo for the corporations to come up with some form of the "equal protection under the law" argument.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
This just exploded in the local news today, even appeared on slashdot. http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,165928,00.html[^] "The technology allows organisations to link images to other pages on their websites. If links on these pages then lead to the organisation's contact information, Vuestar regards this as use of their technology. Mr Smith said the company is not targeting users with personal websites." The patent is owned by an Australian, by the way.
Bunch of cheeky chancers if you ask me.
DEVELOPER DAY SCOTLAND 10th MAY 2008 http://www.developerdayscotland.com/[^]
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This just exploded in the local news today, even appeared on slashdot. http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,165928,00.html[^] "The technology allows organisations to link images to other pages on their websites. If links on these pages then lead to the organisation's contact information, Vuestar regards this as use of their technology. Mr Smith said the company is not targeting users with personal websites." The patent is owned by an Australian, by the way.
darkelv wrote:
Vuestar regards this as use of their technology.
HAHAHA! I'm patenting the technology "f**** you", so whenever you use it, chaching! Marc
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darkelv wrote:
Vuestar regards this as use of their technology.
HAHAHA! I'm patenting the technology "f**** you", so whenever you use it, chaching! Marc
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This just exploded in the local news today, even appeared on slashdot. http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,165928,00.html[^] "The technology allows organisations to link images to other pages on their websites. If links on these pages then lead to the organisation's contact information, Vuestar regards this as use of their technology. Mr Smith said the company is not targeting users with personal websites." The patent is owned by an Australian, by the way.
Any idea when they got the patent? If it was in the last few years then the patent should be overthrown as the idea is obvious to most web-developers/users/turtles/rocks/toilet-bowls.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Any idea when they got the patent? If it was in the last few years then the patent should be overthrown as the idea is obvious to most web-developers/users/turtles/rocks/toilet-bowls.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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File 03/Oct/2001 Granted 27/Oct/2003. Crazy huh. The Patent Itself[^]
I'm pretty sure people were using image to link to contact details pages before 2001. I distinctly remember my own website doing it. I doubt it will hold up in court. What the patent office screws up the courts get a chance at rectifying (not always of course.)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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I'm pretty sure people were using image to link to contact details pages before 2001. I distinctly remember my own website doing it. I doubt it will hold up in court. What the patent office screws up the courts get a chance at rectifying (not always of course.)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Unfortunately that's dependent on someone deciding they'd rather spend $10m to overturn the patent than $10k to pay the patentwhore off. X|
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always got punched out when I reached 4.... -- El Corazon
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darkelv wrote:
Mr Smith said the company is not targeting users with personal websites.
That should be enough ammo for the corporations to come up with some form of the "equal protection under the law" argument.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001They're based in Australia, which means it'd fall under international IP laws if they're fining companies in other countries. Now, I know very little (in fact, almost nothing) about international IP laws, but I would suppose that it is possible that "equal protection under the law" may not apply. *shrug* who knows... IP Trolls ought to be banned from ever touching electronic devices of any kind. Let them live a miserable, isolated, useless life. Who knows, that kind of lifestyle may actually even add value to the lives they have currently! "Silently laughing at silly people is much more satisfying in the long run than rolling around with them in a dusty street, trying to knock out all their teeth. If nothing else, it's better on the clothes." - Belgarath (David Eddings)