Keep in mind i'm not lawyer and this is a guys opinion.
4. Mojang AB (“Mojang”) is organized and exists under the laws of Sweden with its principal place of business in Stockholm, Sweden. Upon information and belief, Mojang does business in the State of Texas and in the Eastern District of Texas.
AND BELIEF. We will have to hear from mojang, but it's a little suspicious that they do buisness in the same state as UNILOC USAs base..
11. The ’067 patent is valid, enforceable and was duly issued in full compliance with Title 35 of the United States Code.
Forgive me but Minecraft and Minecraft PE were both created in Sweden, Yes? Granted it was posted on Android market and perhaps they agreed to something.
12. 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.
- What is the legal issue with requiring server use? Exactly how legal is it to use the application unauthorized? Also, Mindcraft? Really?
13. Uniloc has been damaged as a result of Defendant’s infringing conduct described in this Count. Defendant is, thus, liable to Uniloc in an amount that adequately compensates it for Defendant’s infringements, which, by law, cannot be less than a reasonable royalty, together with interest and costs as fixed by this Court under 35 U.S.C. § 284.
Prayer for Relief -snip-
e. That Uniloc be granted such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper under the circumstances.
What in the **** do you need releif from? How has the inability to break into THEIR app made your life worse?
It's a legitimate lawsuit. I'm not sure if this company actually owns the patent in question, but if they do then they have the right to do it. Of course I don't support this, they're just a sleezy company which wan'ts to piggyback on the ones who make money by acquiring an extremely vague patent. I don't think this lawsuit will pull through as I feel the documents for the lawsuit seem to be somewhat poorly written and has evidence that they failed to research Mojang very well other than their place of business. Of course this being said, I know nothing of legality issues, it just seems somewhat stupid for someone to have the ability exploit businesses over an idea.
Uniloc is a patent troll. They aren't suing because of infringement, but because they ether want or need money. Probably the first one. This reminds me of some videos I watched a while ago: Everything is a Remix
F*** Uniloc. Who's ready to take the s? Plan: Go to their base and take 30 buckets of and pour it on their roof and leave a sign saying"REVENGE OF MCPE!!!!!" Trolololololol!!!! PLEASE WIN MOJANG the are against you!
i just want to say included but not limited to means not just mindcraft but they can also use minecraft MPE scrolls etc
plz dont say i support that company i just wanted to put that out there i kinda wish i didn't know about that so i could be ignorant of that fact but had to be said
Not that I take this seriously at all, but considering the PDF of the lawsuit says 'Mindcraft' says to me this is another patent-troll, and it won't go anywhere.
glad I wasn't the first to notice that misspelling
Lol? After some search on google, ive found this, and I died because Uniloc is really stupid: Uniloc sued Microsoft in 2003 for violating its patent relating to technology designed to deter software piracy. [Source: Wikipedia]
Lol? After some search on google, ive found this, and I died because Uniloc is really stupid: Uniloc sued Microsoft in 2003 for violating its patent relating to technology designed to deter software piracy. [Source: Wikipedia]
XD
That's the same exact thing they're suing Mojang over right now. And that's what the patent is for. I don't see what's funny about it?
Edit: According to wikipedia, they actually won that lawsuit and were awarded $388 million dollars. Again, I don't get it.
Isn't this essentially sueing the concept of the MMO, which has been around for... oh... 20 years or so? I mean, honestly, why not just sue the Internet while you're at it.
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Isn't this essentially sueing the concept of the MMO, which has been around for... oh... 20 years or so? I mean, honestly, why not just sue the Internet while you're at it.
It's authentication that they're going for. Their patent say that if there is anything that authenticates that the person is really that person and owns the product, it's their idea and the deserve compensation. So technically, they can sue pretty much the whole internet if they had the resources.
Ric Richardson is an Australian cockroach. He is the holder of multiple illegal patents including the Uniloc patent US5490216 and the Logarexpatent 6400293. Although he spent twelve years in California to promote and develop products produced by Uniloc, Richardson grew up in Sydney and currently resides just inside of Hell.
these kind of lawsuits pop up all the time. Their legal team would not be pushing for the lawsuit if there wasn't a reality of them winning some money so the fact that they already moved forward and Mojang has been alerted means this is a big deal, not something you can just throw hate mail and rhetoric at, this is going to take some serious action.
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these kind of lawsuits pop up all the time. Their legal team would not be pushing for the lawsuit if there wasn't a reality of them winning some money so the fact that they already moved forward and Mojang has been alerted means this is a big deal, not something you can just throw hate mail and rhetoric at, this is going to take some serious action.
hatemail may not get them to stop, but at a magnitude of a big enough fanbase, they might lose a computer or two. XD
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Keep in mind i'm not lawyer and this is a guys opinion.
4. Mojang AB (“Mojang”) is organized and exists under the laws of Sweden with its
principal place of business in Stockholm, Sweden. Upon information and belief, Mojang does
business in the State of Texas and in the Eastern District of Texas.
AND BELIEF. We will have to hear from mojang, but it's a little suspicious that they do buisness in the same state as UNILOC USAs base..
11. The ’067 patent is valid, enforceable and was duly issued in full compliance with
Title 35 of the United States Code.
Forgive me but Minecraft and Minecraft PE were both created in Sweden, Yes? Granted it was posted on Android market and perhaps they agreed to something.
12. 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.
- What is the legal issue with requiring server use? Exactly how legal is it to use the application unauthorized? Also, Mindcraft? Really?
13. Uniloc has been damaged as a result of Defendant’s infringing conduct described
in this Count. Defendant is, thus, liable to Uniloc in an amount that adequately compensates it
for Defendant’s infringements, which, by law, cannot be less than a reasonable royalty, together
with interest and costs as fixed by this Court under 35 U.S.C. § 284.
Prayer for Relief
-snip-
e. That Uniloc be granted such other and further relief as the Court may deem just
and proper under the circumstances.
What in the **** do you need releif from? How has the inability to break into THEIR app made your life worse?
pff. he deserves it.
plz dont say i support that company i just wanted to put that out there i kinda wish i didn't know about that so i could be ignorant of that fact but had to be said
glad I wasn't the first to notice that misspelling
At this point , these lawsuits have become pure entertainment.
~Nathan Explosion
^ What Mojang's response should be
XD
Well, they have banana! For me they are just a bunch of big dumb monkey so...
That's the same exact thing they're suing Mojang over right now. And that's what the patent is for. I don't see what's funny about it?
Edit: According to wikipedia, they actually won that lawsuit and were awarded $388 million dollars. Again, I don't get it.
It's authentication that they're going for. Their patent say that if there is anything that authenticates that the person is really that person and owns the product, it's their idea and the deserve compensation. So technically, they can sue pretty much the whole internet if they had the resources.
LOL!
ME!
hatemail may not get them to stop, but at a magnitude of a big enough fanbase, they might lose a computer or two. XD