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The patents involved in the case are United States Patent Nos. 7,072,849 (the ‘849 patent), 6,778,193 (the ‘193 patent), 7,631,346 (the ‘346 patent), and 6,966,
by ambyra 7y ago
The patents involved in the case are United States Patent Nos. 7,072,849 (the ‘849 patent), 6,778,193 (the ‘193 patent), 7,631,346 (the ‘346 patent), and 6,966,038 (the ‘038 patent). The ‘849 patent was used in IBM’s development of Prodigy, a precursor to the World Wide Web, and involved taking advantage of the computing power of a user’s PC to increase response speed. The ‘193 patent involved a method to improve search results based on user context. The ‘346 patent involved improvements to single-sign-on technology for first-time users. The ‘038 patent improved navigation by using bookmarks.
These sound so generic and ubiquitous to how the internet works. The once great IBM is becoming a patent troll :(
- teddyh 7y ago> The once great IBM is becoming a patent troll :( IBM has always been a huge patent troll. "OK," [IBM] said, [to Sun in the 1980s] "maybe you don't infringe these seven patents. But we have 10,000 U.S. patents. Do you really want us to go back to Armonk [IBM headquarters in New York] and find seven patents you do infringe? Or do you want to make this easy and just pay us $20 million?" After a modest bit of negotiation, Sun cut IBM a check, and the blue suits went to the next company on their hit list. — Patently Absurd, Forbes, 2002: https://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html https://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html
- bosswipe 7y agoHow is that 42 year old ‘849 patent not expired?