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Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 20, 2011 @08:41AM from the i'm-patenting-patents dept.

dutchwhizzman writes "Bittorrent and uTorrent have been sued for using certain techniques in their clients and the bittorrent protocol. From the article it appears technologies are being used that were submitted in a 1999 patent that was subsequently approved in 2007. This itself is not uncommon, but given the technologies involved, HTTP could very well be prior art, or it could violate at least part of the same protocol."

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patent violation (Score:-1, Funny)

by slashpot ( 11017 ) writes: on Monday June 20, 2011 @08:45AM (#36498856)

I have a patent violation in my pants.

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Re:patent violation (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday June 20, 2011 @08:49AM (#36498910)

I have a patent violation in my pants.
I have a torrent... never mind!

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