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UCLA cannot sue for legal reasons so they set up a shell company with a single employee and transfered the patent specifically so that they could sue.

This is not a big guy ripping off a little guy, it is an example of "harvesting" an overly broad patent that should never have been granted.
Posted by: Mark Gist   Posted on: 11/12/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Did anyone..  d_jedi | 11/11/03
Don't start writing in the past tense just yet.  dw@... | 11/12/03
Maybe Screaming Silence  JoeMama_z | 11/12/03
Well, if the prior art is compelling enough  FilledOut | 11/12/03
Big v Little  Bill4 | 11/12/03
I love typing in my password  Patrick Jones | 11/12/03
I love typing in my password  Chris Moller | 11/12/03
about the password thingy  blahblahblah | 11/12/03
It's worse, my friend...  BitTwiddler | 11/12/03
UCLA is a little guy?  Mark Gist | 11/12/03
Yes and no  rapson | 11/12/03
Eolas  Mark Gist | 11/12/03
eolas patent lacks credibility  blahblahblah | 11/12/03
I hope the patent stands!!!  middle of nowhere | 11/12/03
M$ is bribing the patent office  screaming silence | 11/12/03
Lewis, take a chill pill man.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/12/03
Look who's talking  Not average Joe | 11/12/03
Thanks  John L. Ries | 11/12/03
true  ryusen | 11/12/03
Mike Cox  Rick_K | 11/12/03
Re: M$ is bribing the patent office  Mark Miller | 11/12/03
I'm confused..  d_jedi | 11/12/03
It's nice to know  FEDup_z | 11/13/03
Now if only...  ryxr30 | 11/12/03
Patent spamming  FilledOut | 11/13/03
SW patents  acarreira | 11/13/03

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