Microsoft Sued Over Xbox Live
September 14th, 2006 Posted in Business
Microsoft has been sued over their Xbox Live online gaming platform in a Texas district court. A company called Paltalk Holdings Inc. are suing MS for breaching their patent, 5,822,523, which covers “multiplayer games conducted over wide area networks generally involve difficult technical issues”.
Since the patent covers a wide part of online gaming and networking, there’s little chance of Microsoft ending up in trouble, Paltalk might just as well sue anyone offering online gaming. Read the patent in detail here.
Via TheInquirer
September 14th, 2006 at 2:25 am
What a piece of crap. Patents are so annoying.
I might just patent fire, and the wheel.
September 14th, 2006 at 7:35 am
[...] Microsoft has been sued by Paltalk Holdings Inc over patents used in managing a large number of people playing games over the internet. God only knows the specifics of the patent, since the patent application seems to simply explain how internet games have worked forever, or who Paltalk Holdings is* (probably another piece of crap patent lawsuit firm), but the patent appears to have zero merit, which means the courts will probably uphold it and Microsoft will wind up paying a ton of money. [...]
September 14th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Zac I just finished patenting water so when it rains im sueing mother nature.
September 14th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Well yeah… I’ve alreadt patented all forms of currency.
September 14th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
I have just patented the method of using ones lungs to exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen. You may all begin sending royalties directly to my Swiss Bank Account # 666-I-screwed-RIM-and-MS-now-the-WORLD!!.
September 14th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
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September 15th, 2006 at 2:59 am
Hahahahaha
Luckily I became a fish just a few days ago.
July 11th, 2007 at 6:04 am
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