Ric Richardson
Ric is an Australian inventor, technologist and a founder of Uniloc. Ric stepped down as chairman of Uniloc in late 2007 to begin working as a full-time independent inventor, but continues to develop innovations for the company. He lives in Australia by the beach where finds it best to think and dream.
There is, I think, a bit of a loophole. The system describe is based around a smartcard being scanned at a computer and the data of the smartcard being sent to a remote server for verification. This is a very weak case because:
Hardly anyone uses smartcards lately, and Android phones certainly do not. The only smartcards I see lately are in cable decoder boxes.
I can say with the utmost honesty and certainty that Mojang has never made a product called "Mindcraft" that uses any sort of remote verification system. Ever.
I simply cannot believe that the US patent office would approve someone patenting the very concept of someone's login ID being checked against a remote server. (-___- #)
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sorry if I'm late for the party, but from what I heard last page this d*ck is suing every major company for money? here's what I have to say to that: Go f**k yourself Ric, and if you don't have the mental capacity to do that, atleast kill yourself and make it public so we can live in peace.
If mojang can beat bethesda in a lawsuit they care sure beat these noobs
lesson to be learned with Mojang: they always win
EDIT: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! F**K YES!! this here proves that they are total idiots:
Mojang is directly infringing one or more claims of the ’067 patent in this judicial
district and elsewhere in Texas, including at least claim 107, without the consent or authorization of Uniloc, by or through making, using, offering for sale, selling and/or importing Android based applications for use on cellular phones and/or tablet devices that require communication with a server to perform a license check to prevent the unauthorized use of said application, including, but not limited to,Mindcraft.
I bolded and resized the really important part, it's called Minecraft idiots! and since when did Mojang sell Minecraft on Android without approval? If I'm not mistaking it has to be approved first other wise you can't play it on Android based devices, this just proves that they have no Idea what they're doing
There is, I think, a bit of a loophole. The system describe is based around a smartcard being scanned at a computer and the data of the smartcard being sent to a remote server for verification. This is a very weak case because:
Hardly anyone uses smartcards lately, and Android phones certainly do not. The only smartcards I see lately are in cable decoder boxes.
I can say with the utmost honesty and certainty that Mojang has never made a product called "Mindcraft" that uses any sort of remote verification system. Ever.
I simply cannot believe that the US patent office would approve someone patenting the very concept of someone's login ID being checked against a remote server. (-___- #)
I love how biased the title of the thread is. Mojang could very well be the bad guys here, even if they didn't mean to be. You never know.
You never know, unless you take the time to learn. If you read the facts of the case, it's without merit, and the EFF agrees.
As for bias, what do you expect from a forum that's published by Mojang? If you're one of those people who thinks "balance" is more important than facts, go read Newsweek.
im not trying to be the bad guy but if this is saying what i believe its saying. (the pdf) its saying that game makers dont have permission to sell their products using the cell towers provided in texas. if this is true, then maybe, just maybe, these TEXANS have something going for them. except, its STUPID. but hey, if no one signed papers its on them. (yet i say again, stupid) im sorry markuss but your poket edition android app may have gotten you sued just because you didnt sign a paper stating that your game can be sent to phones through DATA PLANS. god, **** texas
1st: MINECRAFT
2nd: The "mindcraft" app doesn't access to ANY data on a remote server, even if it did, it might be something used to check that you purchased the app from the Play Store, which is controlled by Google, not Mojang.
3rd: MINECRAFT
Stupid patent trolls.
2nd: The "mindcraft" app doesn't access to ANY data on a remote server, even if it did, it might be something used to check that you purchased the app from the Play Store, which is controlled by Google, not Mojang.
Appears to be a patent troll. I do not care for those.
Ric Richardson should be recieving a creeper in the mail shortly... hopefully he can outrun it.
From how he looks in the picture, I doubt he would be able to outrun said creeper.
This makes no sense, I doubt it will get through. Also, they probably screwed themselves by making it a trial by Jury since so many people have heard of and support minecraft.
Ric Richardson
Ric is an Australian inventor, technologist and a founder of Uniloc. Ric stepped down as chairman of Uniloc in late 2007 to begin working as a full-time independent inventor, but continues to develop innovations for the company. He lives in Australia by the beach where finds it best to think and dream.
...What?
http://www.google.com/patents?id=dtsVAAAAEBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=SYSTEM+AND+METHOD+FOR+PREVENTING+UNAUTHORIZED+ACCESS+TO++ELECTRONIC+DATA&source=bl&ots=qU6adnqQG4&sig=qdJ7za8kAnaIFSgsSiY0FCXTjyA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WYsLUKCIO4ag8gS0pLy9Cg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA
There is, I think, a bit of a loophole. The system describe is based around a smartcard being scanned at a computer and the data of the smartcard being sent to a remote server for verification. This is a very weak case because:
I simply cannot believe that the US patent office would approve someone patenting the very concept of someone's login ID being checked against a remote server. (-___- #)
its not biased its only sayingthey are being sued and by the way dont just call yourself an expert just because you can play minecraft
My thoughts exactly.
lesson to be learned with Mojang: they always win
EDIT: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! F**K YES!! this here proves that they are total idiots:
Mojang is directly infringing one or more claims of the ’067 patent in this judicial
district and elsewhere in Texas, including at least claim 107, without the consent or authorization
of Uniloc, by or through making, using, offering for sale, selling and/or importing Android based
applications for use on cellular phones and/or tablet devices that require communication with a
server to perform a license check to prevent the unauthorized use of said application, including,
but not limited to, Mindcraft.
I bolded and resized the really important part, it's called Minecraft idiots! and since when did Mojang sell Minecraft on Android without approval? If I'm not mistaking it has to be approved first other wise you can't play it on Android based devices, this just proves that they have no Idea what they're doing
No error report = no help, simple
heheheh, so basically they screwed themselves?
Mr. Richardson should be recieving a creeper in the mail shortly... hopefully* he can outrun it.
*13thmurder uses some words to promote a sense of geniality he simply doesn't have.
They need HITS, many many many of them,,,
As for bias, what do you expect from a forum that's published by Mojang? If you're one of those people who thinks "balance" is more important than facts, go read Newsweek.
1st: MINECRAFT
2nd: The "mindcraft" app doesn't access to ANY data on a remote server, even if it did, it might be something used to check that you purchased the app from the Play Store, which is controlled by Google, not Mojang.
3rd: MINECRAFT
Stupid patent trolls.
Uniloc will burn in the nether...
It doesn't.
- Emailing him this
From how he looks in the picture, I doubt he would be able to outrun said creeper.
This makes no sense, I doubt it will get through. Also, they probably screwed themselves by making it a trial by Jury since so many people have heard of and support minecraft.
Have many governments and companies (i.e. Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc.) not been doing this for the past 3-4 decades?
Unless there is a substantial claim that Uniloc figured they'd omit from the lawsuit itself I don't see how this claim could go anywhere.