[Thorn]

Half the companies listed there probably have the monetary might to crush that law firm. Hell, if they teamed up they could completely destroy them.
Boys should quit before they wind up strung up by their short and curlies.

[Bobboau]

I've seen the patent, it's like fileing a patent on 'a device that can move one or more people and/or cargo' and sueing every car, train, boat, bicyle, air plane, and shoe maker on the plannet.

[Nuke]

soone needs to burn down the patent office

[Cyker]

It should be declared void.

I mean, 1987?!?!?

They didn't enforce it for what, 17 years? And now, 'conveniently', they suddenly do when everyone has re-invented the technique and it's become a commond standard way of doing things?!??!

Abuses of the system like this should be penalised...

Luckily there's enough prior-art to blast this out of the water. Um, well, according to the guys on Slashdot anyway...

[an0n]

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[NGTM-1R]

I patent spam.

I'll see everyone on the Internet in court.

[an0n]

Damn ****ing right you will.

[Joey_21]

The ironic thing is any patent created before June (or July, can't remember which right now) 8th, 1995 has a duration of 17 years. This particular patent was created in 1987 (17 years ago!). Geez, how lame. One more year and everybody would be off the hook (assuming the idea isn't repatented).

If this case goes through it will undoubtedly effect computer science individuals all over the U.S. I, being one of those individuals, feel outraged. I mean, basically, they patented mathematical equations (since the algorithm means nothing without the equations). I thought that wasn't legal!

For the most part I'm outraged because this basically outlines a few things that my Computer Graphics I class will be covering here in the very, very near future.

[aldo_14]

Isn't MC Kool Smith a rapper?