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putting buttons where your fingers rest doesn't seem like a novel idea to me.
by jay_kyburz 5y ago
putting buttons where your fingers rest doesn't seem like a novel idea to me.
- db48x 5y agoPatentable inventions don’t have to be complicated, they only have to be dressed up in complicated language for the patent application.
- rasz 5y agoThe problem was Valve didnt even bother trying to invalidate the patent, they simply ignored the owner when they reached out.
- phendrenad2 5y agoSo someone just needs to file 100,000 patent claims against me, and since I can't respond to all of them, they win by default?
- jay_kyburz 5y agoI feel like, if I wasn't busy with about 5 other projects I would start submitting patents for programmable buttons for all kinds of devices that you hold.
- rasz 5y agoLawsuit wasnt lost by default. Lawsuit was lost because infringement was willful and premeditated. Patent owner contacted Valve as soon as product was on the market. If you are a $10-20 billion corporation and someone contacts your legal department asking for a meeting concerning patent dispute then yes, you better respond instead of wishing really hard they go away.
- phendrenad2 5y agoStill sounds like guilty until proven innocent to me. If you do nothing, "oh you didn't try to invalidate it". Valve probably receives tons of "patent infringement" spam, and if they accidentally mis-file a serious patent lawsuit (which would be worth trying to invalidate) with the "not even worth responding to" patent notices, then they deserve to lose? Is that right?
- rasz 5y agoThey had a second chance in court, and blew that one too.