Tag: LAWYER

I'm not a fan of software patents, and I'm particularly not a fan of companies who use them as a business model. While the concept of patenting software makes sense, in practice it is a complete mess. I was therefore saddened to learn that Quintura, an otherwise interesting search startup, has devolved into using a patent for their visual search technology as a revenue stream by going after other ...

Install0us is an app that could be installed on jailbroken iPhones that would allow the user to installed pirated versions of commercial iPhone apps and avoid actually purchasing them. The developer of Install0us, puy0, recently posted in the Install0us forums that he has decided to discontinue work on the app and kill the project for legal reasons. You don't say? Amazingly, puy0 states that he ...

It always seems to happen once a company gets as big as Facebook, people sue. Facebook's creator Mark Zuckerberg first saw a lawsuit alleging that the idea for the 30 million user social network was stolen from a few College friends. Now the team has been hit with a patent lawsuit claiming that the system for creating a community for users with common interests was issued a patent in 2003. What ...