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US Courts need a script: if(plaintiff == Lodsys){ dismiss; } Lodsys cases are the most BS cases I've ever seen. Unlike large evil corporations who are at least

US Courts need a script: if(plaintiff == Lodsys){ dismiss; } Lodsys cases are the most BS cases I've ever seen. Unlike large evil corporations who are at least contributing some sort of innovation, all Lodsys manages to do is stifle innovation, and screw over the entire public. Too bad we can't file a class-action suit against Lodsys for emotional damages.

fragsworth 15y ago
> all Lodsys manages to do is stifle innovation Lodsys has been suing for such absurd things that maybe they are indirectly contributing to the downfall of the patent system as a result of public uproar.
- sukuriant 15y ago
  So ... keep at it Lodsys! You're doing EXACTLY what we need to happen before we can revolutionize the system!
schrototo 15y ago
What's interesting to note is that, as revealed on an episode of NPR's This American Life [1], Lodsys has the same exact address (down to the room number!) of Oasis Research, which is known to have a "back-end arrangement" with Intellectual Ventures. So Lodsys is pretty much a front for Myhrvold and his despicable company. [1] http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/25/138576167/when-patents-attack http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/25/138576167/when-pat... (this is pretty much a full transcript of the show)
- pyre 15y ago
  Is it a physical address or one of those "2000 companies registered at the same address for tax reasons" deals?
  - schrototo 15y ago
    It's a physical address [1] and in the radio show they actually visit it. They describe the location as being a little eerie: The office was in a corridor where all the other doors looked exactly the same —locked, nameplates over the door, no light coming out. It was a corridor of silent, empty offices with names like "Software Rights Archive," and "Bulletproof Technology of Texas." [1] 104 E. Houston street, suite 190, Marshall, Texas

fragsworth 15y ago

> all Lodsys manages to do is stifle innovation Lodsys has been suing for such absurd things that maybe they are indirectly contributing to the downfall of the patent system as a result of public uproar.

sukuriant 15y ago
So ... keep at it Lodsys! You're doing EXACTLY what we need to happen before we can revolutionize the system!

schrototo 15y ago

What's interesting to note is that, as revealed on an episode of NPR's This American Life [1], Lodsys has the same exact address (down to the room number!) of Oasis Research, which is known to have a "back-end arrangement" with Intellectual Ventures. So Lodsys is pretty much a front for Myhrvold and his despicable company. [1] http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/25/138576167/when-patents-attack http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/25/138576167/when-pat... (this is pretty much a full transcript of the show)

pyre 15y ago
Is it a physical address or one of those "2000 companies registered at the same address for tax reasons" deals?
- schrototo 15y ago
  It's a physical address [1] and in the radio show they actually visit it. They describe the location as being a little eerie: The office was in a corridor where all the other doors looked exactly the same —locked, nameplates over the door, no light coming out. It was a corridor of silent, empty offices with names like "Software Rights Archive," and "Bulletproof Technology of Texas." [1] 104 E. Houston street, suite 190, Marshall, Texas