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Netflix sued for optimizing interest potential
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article published on 28 October, 2007
Refined Reccomendation Corporation has filed a lawsuit against Netflix claiming that the internet DVD rental service is infringing on a patent for "Optimizing interest potential." Essentially what that means is that the patent covers any system that categorizes items, tracks user interest based on those categories, and makes suggestions based on that analysis.
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28. October 2007 @ 19:34 |
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Whats next?
Some else suing because they patented the process of registering domain names? As a result every time a domain is issued, no matter what source, a patent "royalty" would have to be paid out?
Cases like this make the "Pirate Party" and its ideas such as no (or very tightly regulated) copyrights and patents more and more appealing.
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28. October 2007 @ 20:12 |
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If a design is so easy to do and feels right then how can it be protected from common sense?
why 140 year patents of coarse lets protect logic and common sense from the masses!
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29. October 2007 @ 02:27 |
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lawyers are like a leach to society they latch on to a company a suck them dry
we need to close 75% of the law schools in this country. would equal less leaches to society
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29. October 2007 @ 07:59 |
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Why? No matter screw up my internet shopping at discounted prices and ill make sure i screw you up...Fools.
Every were you go theres somebody always trying to earn a quick buck.
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maryjayne
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29. October 2007 @ 10:32 |
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Hasnt Amazon.com been using a similar technique longer than NetFlix? Sounds to me like one of NetFlix's competitors (Blockbuster maybe?) are trying to get them out of business.
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29. October 2007 @ 11:00 |
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Actually the patent in this case is owned by an individual who's apparently a well known patent troll and patent troll advocate, and managed by the licensing company that filed the suit. I suspect that Netflix is a warmup for future lawsuit plans because the Netflix system follows the basic diagram (patents for dummies you know) very closely.
It was nice of him to clearly diagram the obviousness of this patent though. If I were defending Netflix in court I have to think that would be my key piece of evidence. If this patent does indeed indicate the invention of this type of marketing though, I have to wonder why no patent is available for the time machine that must have been used to spread the word to small mail order companies in years past ;)
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BludRayne
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29. October 2007 @ 12:05 |
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This is so ridiculous. Guess you can patent anything. I want to patent the left mouse click button!
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29. October 2007 @ 13:00 |
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can I sue for registering a patent if I make registering patent registered through the patent office the I get a piece of everyones pie? really this sounds like someone didnt get their movie on time and was charged a late fee...... lol
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1. November 2007 @ 17:25 |
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Would this not be just normal competition practices.
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hermes_vb
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3. November 2007 @ 01:34 |
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I'm still waiting for someone to sue because they invented putting ham and cheese between two slices of bread, AKA the Sandwich. LOL.
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3. November 2007 @ 14:23 |
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lol yeah people want to sue for anything
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2. May 2008 @ 14:18 |
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Originally posted by BludRayne:
This is so ridiculous. Guess you can patent anything. I want to patent the left mouse click button!
I was thinking of a patent for putting the brake pedal of a car to the left of the accelerator pedal. But I think the company mentioned in the article beat me to it. <darn>
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2. May 2008 @ 14:33 |
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Originally posted by ZoSoIV:
lawyers are like a leach to society they latch on to a company a suck them dry
we need to close 75% of the law schools in this country. would equal less leaches to society
@Zoso, but Shakespear beat you to it
Quote:
"First we kill all the lawyers"
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