April 29, 201412 yr He's getting completely jobbed by a broken system and the organization I believe that could crush this troll to bits isn't stepping up (that would be Google).
April 29, 201412 yr I *really* hate patent trolls. Working in high technology I have had the pleasure of working on four cases, supplying all the information such a response requires. Hours of prep research, amassing gigabytes of data, all to defend against a leech. Each of these infringement cases was of dubious merit and clearly just instigated by people who are part of the problem, not part of the solution. It seems a "contract" (if you have an Uncle Vinnie) would be easier to execute ... err ... implement. Just kidding - I don't have an Uncle Vinnie... :lol: John Howell Prepar3D V5, Windows 10 Pro, I7-9700K @ 4.6Ghz, EVGA GTX1080, 32GB Corsair Dominator 3200GHz, SanDisk Ultimate Pro 480GB SSD (OS), 2x Samsung 1TB 970 EVO M.2 (P3D), Corsair H80i V2 AIO Cooler, Fulcrum One Yoke, Samsung 34" 3440x1440 curved monitor, Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant, Thrustmaster TPR rudder pedals, Thrustmaster T1600M stick
April 29, 201412 yr What a cluster... I feel bad for Austin and for LR... instead of spending his time and resources on innovation to move forward he has to deal with (at his expense) a patent clown. I work for a major corporation and do investigative/legal subject matter... and I'd like to think ethics still counts for something... but I hear a growing number of cases like this, and fully realize something needs to be done. Thanks for sharing. Phil Long
April 29, 201412 yr Good Lord, what a mess! So much for the American dream. Build it, and they will come....sue your Ace off! Good luck Austin. Thanx for fighting the good fight. Craig.
April 29, 201412 yr Commercial Member I disagree with Austin and think he should patent something. He should patent the act of suing for patents. This would allow patent trolls to sue other patent trolls, who could then sue those patent trolls who would then be sued by other patent trolls, etc. etc. etc. Then the trolls could cannibalize themselves and leave those who create things alone. That would be a beautiful thing. REX AccuSeason Developer REX Simulations
April 29, 201412 yr Moderator I have the utmost respect for Austin trying to fight this. I'm not sure how it is here in Europe, but I'm surprised anyone is developing anything anymore in the US, with the threat of being sued just because you thought up an idea that somebody vaguely thought of 5 years ago. Another crazy patent I heard of is rounded window borders owned by Apple. Hell, with that one, Apple could start suing lots of people creating Windows Apps, other phone manufacturers (Oh wait they are already are )
April 29, 201412 yr This entire software patent system makes me sad every time I read / hear a "new story" about it (well, this one is not new for sure ... which makes it even more bad). Its just mindboggling how much time, money, other resources etc. this costs the society ... resources which could have been spent on more "productive" things. Andras Fabian / Alpilotx Visit www.alpilotx.net, a site about X-plane scenery You can see some landscape and other photographs from me here: http://www.flickr.co...s/weathermaker/
April 29, 201412 yr Author Couple of Hundred Thousand Dollars lost.. :( that could have been pushed into development.
April 29, 201412 yr Sad, very sad :-( LR could open their office in Europe, where they would be free from those trolls .... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
April 29, 201412 yr Unfortunately, it appears that it will get worse before it gets better. For the last go around, in the spring of 2013, I asked counsel how many cases we had the prior year. He said around 350. Sadly, he said we had 400 patent troll cases in just the 1st quarter... I work for a large multinational company based in Japan, and once asked why we are not listed on the NY stock exchange. Counsel said we would be the immediate target of multiple lawsuits, just because... Leeches. John Howell Prepar3D V5, Windows 10 Pro, I7-9700K @ 4.6Ghz, EVGA GTX1080, 32GB Corsair Dominator 3200GHz, SanDisk Ultimate Pro 480GB SSD (OS), 2x Samsung 1TB 970 EVO M.2 (P3D), Corsair H80i V2 AIO Cooler, Fulcrum One Yoke, Samsung 34" 3440x1440 curved monitor, Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant, Thrustmaster TPR rudder pedals, Thrustmaster T1600M stick
April 29, 201412 yr Could someone patent the "trolling" process itself, and then sue all trolls for using it? AKA bootstraping the trolls... aka self swallowing sets... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
April 29, 201412 yr We live in a world where far too many people are willing to sue anyone for absolutely anything. It's about time that the words "common sense" were utilised in cases like this, and indeed in every day life. Do we really want to live in a world like this? I heard the other day that teachers in the USA are afraid to put their arm around a crying child in case they are sued for "harassment" by the child's parents. This is just insane! :mad: Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
April 29, 201412 yr I wasn't planning to buy X-Plane, but figured it would be a nice way to support Austin. Lawyers are one of the few professional groups that has the ability to secure their own perpetual necessity in a way that is inversely proportional to the quality of their work. That's why there are so many broken laws left unfixed. H e l p k e e p A V S I M f l y i n g
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