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Patent troll claims HTTPS websites infringe patent, sues everybody

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  • #2
    anvilfour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 720 ✭✭✭anvilfour


    This would have been struck out at a much earlier stage in Ireland or UK, you're right! :)


  • #3
    Blowfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    It's a bit of an odd one as Certicom already have pretty strong patents around ECC and have had so since the 90's. Given that I don't see this going very far as it's pretty well established 'prior art'.


  • #4
    Impetus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Impetus


    Blowfish wrote: »
    It's a bit of an odd one as Certicom already have pretty strong patents around ECC and have had so since the 90's. Given that I don't see this going very far as it's pretty well established 'prior art'.

    It seemed to me that the Schwab defense was weak in not mentioning prior art. Netscape developed SSL specifications in 1994. This patent dates from 2001 - and was bought recently by a non-practicing entity that does not even have a website. Which entity is based in the court-fiddle land of East Texas. It appears that some companies have settled out of court. This provided cash for these *astards to take on other entities. It is strange as I previously said that there were no banks listed..... ie those with deep pockets.

    The Schwab (with all due respect for the parties involved) defense looks as if it was drafted by a newbie ultra junior associate, clueless about the technical issues, with a chargeout rate of perhaps $500/hr or so. As they say you gets what you pays for. The other issue is one of epileptic curve crypto. Does the case apply to all ssl or just some variation thereof?


  • #5
    Impetus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Impetus


    "New patent lawsuits hit an all-time high in November, with many plaintiffs likely hoping to avoid new pleading rules that came into effect yesterday. A whopping 790 lawsuits were filed last month, with at least 212 filed on a single day: Monday, November 30.

    "For those who watch the patent landscape, it will come as no surprise that most of the lawsuits filed last month come courtesy of "patent trolls"—oddly named LLCs with no business other than litigation. Also no surprise: a big majority of the cases were filed in Eastern Texas.

    "Crypto Peak - the holders of the https "patent" lead with 37 patent filings before the Nov 30 deadline."

    More: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/12/patent-trolls-filed-hundreds-of-lawsuits-to-beat-dec-1-deadline/


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