Google, Facebook To Microsoft’s Paul Allen: Your Argument Is Invalid!

This is related to Vince's previous post on this blog entitled "Against the Necessity of Software Patents"

http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/27/paul-allen-google-faceboo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29



""Patent #682 “Alerting Users to Items of Current Interest.

“Defendant Facebook has infringed and continues to infringe one or more claims of the ’682 patent. Facebook is liable for infringing the ’682 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271 by making and using websites and associated hardware and software to provide alerts that information is of current interest to a user as claimed in the patent.”

“Defendant Google has infringed and continues to infringe one or more claims of the ’682 patent. Google is liable for infringing the ’682 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271 by making and using websites and associated hardware and software to provide alerts that information is of current interest to a user as claimed in the patent.”"