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Lawsuit Filed Against Mojang - This Time, For Obscure Patent

By Sacheverell Jul 21, 2012
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To many, the name "Uniloc" doesn't mean much - however, that will likely change in the coming days. Uniloc is suing Mojang for allegedly infringing on the company's patent. What patent is allegedly being infringed?

a system and method ... for preventing unauthorized access to electronic data stored on an electronic device.

It is not known at this time what, if anything, this means for Mojang. Of note, Markus "Notch" Persson has certainly voiced his opinion on the matter, stating that he "will throw piles of money at making sure they don't get a cent". Little else is known about the lawsuit at this time.

Notch has made the lawsuit PDF available for viewing, which you can see by clicking here. He has also posted a detailed write-up on his perspective on software patents - you can view it by clicking here.

Uniloc appears to be suing numerous other gaming producers allegedly violating this patent, including Square Enix, Electronic Arts and others.

Any further specifics of the case will be covered as they develop.

UPDATE: Ric Richardson has posted his views on the situation as well, which you can read by clicking here. It is important to note that Mr. Richardson has had no direct part in the lawsuit of Uniloc vs. Mojang.

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jaw88
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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Uh oh. They squeezed alot of money out of Microsoft for this reason...

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
loooooooool. Some guy with too much time on their hands and too much money in their pocket trying to get more money.

Greedy, greedy man.

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
We wont let them get even 1 CENT , Notch don't let them offend us, we support you with everything. Just name it!!!!

1 guy w/e he is vs 35.000.000 Community!!! will squash them !!

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Uniloc has lost its last 37 sues to other "small companies" they wont be able to get a penny from Mojang!

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
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.

Mindcraft...? they clearly know nothing of Mojang.

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
So this all means that they are getting desperate, and instead of trying to do something about it. They try to f**k others, so that they can get more money. Not only is it low, it is pathetic.

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Another lawsuit?Wow

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
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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

If this is true then thats ********, no company should be able to make you sign a paper or pay an ammount of money to distribute something there unless it breaks trade laws.

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Quote from vexx32

hehe:
"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 mean, if the fools can't even spell "Minecraft" properly, that means one of two things:
1. They can't afford to proofread their documents
2. They don't know their facts.

Either way, they're most likely just being stupid. If this was true, all Android apps that have some sort of user authentication (Facebook, Twitter, eBay, etc etc) would violate this patent. Considering how widespread authentication systems are on Android devices, this patent was probably filed by some jerk who wants to get money out of everyone. Anyone got any info on how recent the patent is?

I'm guessing this was copy pasted from the pdf file.( My computer can't read it) The fact that they're suing Mojang because of not having their consent could be bad for Mojang. This could help uniloc win the case, however, the mere fact that Mojang does not own nor have they ever owned a product, game or anything called Mindcraft, the lawsuit should automatically be considered null and void.

Also, no company called Mojang owns a game called mindcraft. If there were, that should not be the problem of Mojang.

The closest thing to a relation between Mojang and something called Mindcraft would be a series of minecraft
epsidodes on Youtube called Mindcraft. A link to one of the episodes:

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Look at this it is Number 12 they spelled it MindCraft Do These People randomly Sue People For Money
If they want money earn Mojang has Earned there money
Uniloc Just wants money

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.

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**** Richardson he is a fat immigrant ****. He needs to leave Australia before the minecraft australia community makes him.

I believe he is not in Australia As a Aussie Person I say that

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Dis guy is just after money

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
I'm not sure if this has already been pointed out(I have better things to do than spend an hour reading seven pages of comments :P), but the lead attorney's name is Barry J. Bumgardner... BUMGARDNER, what kind of name is that????????????

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Talk about someone being desperate for money. I hope that crazy lunatic and his company "Uniloc" gets counter-sued for wasting everyone's time.
LMAO at the lawsuit for mentioning "Mindcraft" instead of "Minecraft." Can someone say "accurate lawsuit fail"?

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Has anyone else noticed that Minecraft is spelt wrong on the document?

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.

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
I just read like 5 articles on this. Uniloc are definetely in the wrong.

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Wow... just wow... A company trying to make money by suing other companies for stupid reasons... They are so much pathetic... Uniloc just fail... >_<

Last edited by Naughx: Jul 22, 2012

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Troll lawsuit is troll they can't really do anything that I can tell.

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
Quote from suoarski12

Everyone send hate mail here please!!! Lets make a riot
http://www.uniloc.co...ex.php/contact/

i've sent my own bit of hate along the way.

everyone else, come on and join. lets see how they can put up against a fanbase of millions.

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
It's probably the last chance for Uniloc to get their money.
Otherwise they'd go bankrupt, I bet.
People should start giving them bad publicity, that way, they cannot sue any more companies, and get their money out of the lawsuits.
In my opinion, it's what they deserve. They should try getting their money out of something else.

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Posted Jul 22, 2012
This reminds me of when people began patenting pieces of the human genome.

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