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Offline gyrene81

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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #30 on: July 17, 2013, 01:37:14 PM »
I'm not thinkin' so. I don't whine your name in any old random thread for attention .... kid.  :)
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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #31 on: July 17, 2013, 01:37:30 PM »
I'm not thinkin' so. I don't whine your name in any old random thread for attention .... kid.  :)

 :rofl Keep it coming please.

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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #32 on: July 17, 2013, 01:40:28 PM »
yes you do...   :t

Huh. Got proof?  :D

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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #33 on: July 17, 2013, 02:09:40 PM »
I don't understand the logic, or my understanding of Legalese is poor. I read the patent here and there, download link to .pdf here, but to me it seemed like the patent would apply to modifiable characters on an Internet site. I wouldn't call the AH game a net site, nor the different planes and their skins/armament/fuel load as a "character" - at least not as a personalized, identifiable by others avatar type cartoon fellow who'd assist you to find something in the net (think about Mr. Clippy in MS Office <shiver>).

Yes it would seem to be a stretch to call a Spitfire load out selection, a "modified character based on personal input".

 
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« Reply #34 on: July 17, 2013, 02:46:15 PM »
Yes it would seem to be a stretch to call a Spitfire load out selection, a "modified character based on personal input".

 
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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #35 on: July 18, 2013, 10:05:31 AM »
  Ok, what we need is a map with the Treehouse Avatar Technologies headquarters building, so we can all bomb it.  Repeatedly.   :airplane:
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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #36 on: July 18, 2013, 12:14:55 PM »
Even with a pink skin...

 :lol    good one!  :aok
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« Reply #37 on: July 18, 2013, 12:24:55 PM »
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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #38 on: July 18, 2013, 12:41:19 PM »
Sounds like something that ends up in my spam folder.  Don't read it and empty it religiously each day.

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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #39 on: July 18, 2013, 04:07:52 PM »
I told my friend and former boss, who is now a congressman, about it. The wheels are turning.

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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #40 on: July 18, 2013, 05:29:38 PM »
This is why I don't like people.
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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #41 on: July 18, 2013, 07:46:04 PM »
Get off my ankle.  :)
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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #42 on: July 18, 2013, 07:54:03 PM »
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Typically, such games allow users to create characters (avatars) using character attributes (hair color, eye color, skin color, attire, weapons, etc.)  The game operator keeps track of the popularity of each attribute by tallying how many times it is selected.  The same such systems and methods may also apply to games that permit users to create custom sceneries.

This seems to be the section of the patent that would include Aces High.

Overall to me it seems that they are trying to scare up some income, however since their patent appears to have been issued on May 15, 2012 I don't think they will gain much traction. The only real question seems to be (and perhaps Brooke can help here) whether the Priority Date being Jul 12, 2000 would be an issue.
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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #43 on: July 18, 2013, 08:09:06 PM »
The big question is how they could get a patent for something that has been in existence for two decades.

I'm sure thier "patent" is in conflict of a patent that was existing before thiers.

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Re: STOP the Patent Troll!!!
« Reply #44 on: July 18, 2013, 08:34:15 PM »
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