Companies Sued For Using 3d Images In Games

Swiftspear

<!--QuoteBegin-marce+Nov 4 2004, 02:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (marce @ Nov 4 2004, 02:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I like how it states the "i before e, except after c" rule, and then in the very next frame tells you about "their" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Don't rag my gif, I before E just seemed like a good grammer nazi saying.

Epidemic

<!--QuoteBegin-Cold-NiTe+Nov 3 2004, 04:12 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold-NiTe @ Nov 3 2004, 04:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Gwahir+Nov 3 2004, 06:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gwahir @ Nov 3 2004, 06:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I was talking to a professor of mine who is familiar with the patent office.  He hasn't looked at it yet but he says that if a published article describing the method is dated prior to the patent, then that patent is no longer valid.  Good news, because the type of stuff the guy was talking about was being talked about in the 1960s. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Great news.

And Epidemic, give up already. No one cares if you don't like the companies, hell I don't like all of them either. I mean, Vivendi? Yeah, the hell, right! The fact of the matter is, unless you are the type of person who lays in wait on dark nights in shadowy places so that you can mug passers-by, you really can't rationalize this guy's behavior. As I understand it, this man's actions are vile. The type of person the victim is doesn't matter.

If someone gets murdered, you don't look at the guy who got murdered, and on the opinion that he is a bastage, invalidate the entire case. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I call it justice <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Cereal_KillR

<!--QuoteBegin-marce+Nov 4 2004, 09:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (marce @ Nov 4 2004, 09:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I like how it states the "i before e, except after c" rule, and then in the very next frame tells you about "their" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Does anyone actually KNOW that this rule is for the EE sound as in Siegfried or wield, but NOT as in beige or neighbor.

Cyndane

*Raises hand* I do! :-)

Perdition

Wouldnt this be like me trying to patent the use of the senses?

cookman

This is just gold.

If this guy wins the case, I'm gonna send him some anthrax.

Invader_Scoot

This guy would probably be found dead if he won these lawsuits. Even if it was a year or two after, he will die.

Gwahir

I doubt that really. If it is found to have validity (unlikely) then the companies will most probably settle rather than give the final decision to court.

edit: which means time and perhaps temporary loss of use like I noted before.

marce

<!--QuoteBegin-Cereal_KillR+Nov 5 2004, 07:18 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal_KillR @ Nov 5 2004, 07:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-marce+Nov 4 2004, 09:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (marce @ Nov 4 2004, 09:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I like how it states the "i before e, except after c" rule, and then in the very next frame tells you about "their" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Does anyone actually KNOW that this rule is for the EE sound as in Siegfried or wield, but NOT as in beige or neighbor. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I know that, but that doesn't stop it being a funny coincidence.