Comments on: Paul Allen Refiles Lawsuit, Says He Patented ‘Related Links’

By: Tim Young

Tim Young — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:10:33 +0000

He *Is* Apart of the MCP! Master Control Program! Gary Kildall *IS* The Master Of The MCP! The One To Never Forget! HE Was The One Who Created CP/M. Who Was Lost In The BITS.. He Was The One Who Brought The. *Magic* that all of us admire. He was.. as The MCP says, “Worth Millions of their nine years.” But, his.. Dream was to Free The System! Just Like TRON did! *Certain* people know this. And, *Certain* people wish to control the *mind* of the imagination. And, YOU as well! BE FREE! The Only Enemy Is.. Ourselves. “Yeah, We Introduced The Only Enemy They Know.. And, That Enemy Is… Themselfs.”

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:04:22 +0000

Fuente cigars trademarked the letter X to defend their Opus X cigar. And they’ll send you a cease & desist letter for using X in a cigar name. I thought the Romans used X a few thousand years ago, not the Dominicans, let alone Dominican cigar manufacturers.

So, anything is possible anymore.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:12:58 +0000

Suggestive selling has been around since forever. As someone said the “Do you want fries with that?” I waited tables in the 80s, and often suggested drinks and desserts. Also worked at Sears in Teleservice in the early 90s, their computers would show items to suggestive sell (especially batteries) to customers all the time.

And Aghast, maybe you can manage to patent anything, but you can’t enforce it. He’s lost countless lawsuits, he knows he can’t win, he just keeps trying hoping one day something will stick. Just because you’re patently an asshole doesn’t mean you can get others to pay you for being one as well.

By: Madness

Madness — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:06:28 +0000

The fact that he is already stupefyingly rich, and now, even in his dying days, is suing just about everyone using the internet speaks volumes..

The fact that he was the co-founder of Microsoft says it all.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:59:04 +0000

I knew there was a reason I didn’t like MicroSoft, and Paul Allen is it. Which is why I used DR DOS, in the DOS days, and DesqView/QEMM when Windows first came out. Windows in its first iteration was nothing more than a glorified notepad and Reversi game. When Windows became the default OS, I opted for Linux. Now I have a Mac.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:27:32 +0000

I see this law suit relevant given apple is granted a patent for multitouch. The patent system is broken and against the innovation in some case.

By: Midas

Midas — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:25:32 +0000

I understand. He doesn’t have enough money.

By: Gman

Gman — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:19:28 +0000

I invented the letter “G.” Pay up, everyone!

By: BeenThereWaitedforThat

BeenThereWaitedforThat — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:11:20 +0000

One can’t receive a patent for this type of cross-sell if it was in use prior to the patent application’s posting date, and I’m pretty sure cross-selling of this nature was in use the very first time a teenager squawked into the microphone, “Would you like fries with that?”

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:58:41 +0000

Maybe since Microsoft he has been burning through those billions of dollars faster than planned and needs to replenish his bank account…..