Company Claims Patent On Spam Filtering, Sues World

Company Claims Patent On Spam Filtering, Sues World 186

Posted by kdawson on Saturday July 24, 2010 @02:25PM from the guess-where dept.

EvilAlphonso notes news of a "Texas" IP holding company suing 36 actual companies for violating its claimed patent on spam filtering. Techdirt deconstructs the patent itself, No. 6,018,761, which seems to amount to little more than a database lookup. It was filed in 1996 and issued in 2000 (despite the lawyers' press release claiming that it "was awarded... nearly 15 years ago"). Among the companies being sued are 3Com, Apple, Google, AOL, Yahoo, J.C.Penney, IBM, Dell, Citigroup, and RIM. Not Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, or Microsoft, oddly enough.

Company Claims Patent On Spam Filtering, Sues World

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New Patent Idea (Score:4, Funny)

by DarkKnightRadick ( 268025 ) writes: <the_spoon.geo@yahoo.com> on Saturday July 24, 2010 @02:32PM (#33015076) Homepage Journal

I will be filing a patent for my method on submitting comments to websites that involve the use of a mouse, keyboard, computer, and monitor.

Re:New Patent Idea (Score:3, Funny)

by TheKidWho ( 705796 ) writes: on Saturday July 24, 2010 @02:37PM (#33015116)

I use a touch screen you inconsiderate clod.

Re:Good luck with that one (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday July 24, 2010 @02:44PM (#33015166)

Yeah, I thought it was pretty crappy too.

Re:Take off and nuke Marshall, TX from orbit ... (Score:5, Funny)

by straponego ( 521991 ) writes: on Saturday July 24, 2010 @02:48PM (#33015204)

Yes. Or how about... let's see, it's Texas, and lots of people are complaining about all the violent illegal aliens. I see a solution with a good Bhyrdstone index. Execute a patent troll, free citizenship.

Re:Good luck with that one (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday July 24, 2010 @02:49PM (#33015218)

Next I'm going to patent my method for taking a shit.
Anyone caught shitting, is fucked.
I have prior art, you patent is invalid.
Nah, that'd be prior fart

Re:This guy already won the lottery (Score:5, Funny)

by Spykk ( 823586 ) writes: on Saturday July 24, 2010 @03:05PM (#33015316)

Never trust a mathematician who plays the lottery...

Re:Take off and nuke Marshall, TX from orbit ... (Score:5, Funny)

by BronsCon ( 927697 ) writes: <social@bronstrup.com> on Saturday July 24, 2010 @03:06PM (#33015320) Journal

Execute a patent troll or spammer = free citizenship
Execute a patent troll AND spammer = seat in congress

Re:This guy already won the lottery (Score:4, Funny)

by illumastorm ( 172101 ) writes: on Saturday July 24, 2010 @03:18PM (#33015386)

Then we nuke him from orbit, only way to be sure.

Found it in my SPAM box (Score:3, Funny)

by karvind ( 833059 ) writes: <karvind.gmail@com> on Saturday July 24, 2010 @03:22PM (#33015408) Journal

I got notification from them as well but it went to the SPAM folder. Sorry.

Re:Take off and nuke Marshall, TX from orbit ... (Score:4, Funny)

by oldspewey ( 1303305 ) writes: on Saturday July 24, 2010 @03:30PM (#33015462)

If the FBI wants to build databases of people who make offhand, whimsical comments in online forums I say more power to them. I work for a major storage vendor.

Re:This guy already won the lottery (Score:4, Funny)

by Culture20 ( 968837 ) writes: on Saturday July 24, 2010 @04:14PM (#33015818)

Here's his facebook if you want to leave him a message
He probably has it filtered.

Re:Take off and nuke Marshall, TX from orbit ... (Score:3, Funny)

by slick7 ( 1703596 ) writes: on Saturday July 24, 2010 @11:58PM (#33018662)

If the FBI wants to build databases of people who make offhand, whimsical comments in online forums I say more power to them. I work for a major storage vendor.
That's ok, just don't work in a book repository.

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New Patent Idea (Score:4, Funny)

Re:New Patent Idea (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Good luck with that one (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Take off and nuke Marshall, TX from orbit ... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Good luck with that one (Score:3, Funny)

Re:This guy already won the lottery (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Take off and nuke Marshall, TX from orbit ... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:This guy already won the lottery (Score:4, Funny)

Found it in my SPAM box (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Take off and nuke Marshall, TX from orbit ... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:This guy already won the lottery (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Take off and nuke Marshall, TX from orbit ... (Score:3, Funny)

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