Lodsys Strikes Again: Sues Rovio For Patent Infringement Over Angry Birds
from the where-does-the-mighty-eagle-stand-on-patents? dept
You almost have to wonder if Lodsys is filing its patent infringement lawsuits solely to demonstrate how ridiculous the system is. Its latest lawsuit is against Rovio, the makers of the nearly ubiquitous destroyer-of-productivity game Angry Birds. One hopes that Rovio, with the many millions of dollars its raised recently, can afford one mighty eagle of a lawyer, and perhaps it can show Lodsys what happens to pigs with bogus patents.Filed Under: angry birds, apps, patents
Companies: lodsys, rovio
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Mighty Eagle Lawyer
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Rovio? In a court in Texas?
Rovio is located in Finland.
Software patents, as such, are specificially illegal in the European Union.
Finland is part of the European Union.
Who were they suing again and why?
(This reminds me of many stupid legal threats, invoking DMCA and whatnot, against The Pirate Bay.)
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Re: Rovio? In a court in Texas?
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Re:
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My Wish
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Re: My Wish
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Is this patent non-obvious?
I wonder if the fact they are suing so many companies could be used against them to get the patent invalidated.
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The what?
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Irony
Link:http://www.onemorelevel.com/games/spacedpenguin.html
You have been warned.
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Re: Rovio? In a court in Texas?
lodsys would get a judgment in the US and then take a garnishment of fees paid by apple, and others, to Rovio
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with their new song Angry! Angry! Angry!
To IP Laws, Angry Angry Angry
There is a troll, Angry Angry Angry
And a time for us to stand up for the public
A Time to free up licenses, a time to give back to the public
A time to litigate, a time to instigate
A time to re-assess, a time for a free press
A time to free our culture, a time to kill the vultures
A Time to remove patent trolling, a time to kick some ass.
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Europe has always been more bureaucratic than US which made us less competitive. Current US software patents system could be finally something that makes US less competitive - EU should leverage that!
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Rovio and Angry Birds will only get bigger LOL
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bogus
How do you know they are bogus? Again you appear biased and baseless. Please write about something you know, if anything.
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The Intellectual Property system needs some serious reform. It was set up to make things more competitive, not anti-competitive.
*sigh*
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Re: My Wish
The brick would probably sit there for months before some cleaning crew even noticed.
See:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110724/22250715225/when-patents-attack-how-pate nts-are-destroying-innovation-silicon-valley.shtml#c197
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hindering innovation
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