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Sun employees competed to see who could file the goofiest patent ... Viacom sent employees to Kinko's to upload clips from computers that couldn't be traced to
by TotlolRon 16y ago
Sun employees competed to see who could file the goofiest patent ... Viacom sent employees to Kinko's to upload clips from computers that couldn't be traced to Viacom.
Ah, the things employees of companies who sue Google are capable of. Horrific.
- eru 16y agoDid Sun ever sue Google?
- btilly 16y agoNo, but Viacom sure did. In fact their lawsuit included infringing materials that their own employees uploaded to Youtube. And I wouldn't be surprised if some of the people who tried to file joke patents are now working for Oracle, which is also suing Google.
- jjcm 16y agoTo be fair though, the patents were filed with the intention of corporate defense. That is, if a company like IBM sued them again, they could use the patents that they had to come to some sort of low-damage settlement. When Oracle bought Sun, this defense became an offensive weapon - something far different than the Viacom situation. Repurposing joke patents is far different from fabricating evidence.
- shrikant 16y agoNo, Viacom did.
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