Comments on: Twitter Sued for Patent Infringement in S. District of TX http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/08/26/twitter-sued-for-patent-infringement-in-s-district-of-tx/id=5298/ Patents, Software Patents, Patent Applications & Patent Law Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:58:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: jk http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/08/26/twitter-sued-for-patent-infringement-in-s-district-of-tx/id=5298/#comment-17149 jk Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:07:15 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=5298#comment-17149 so what is the outcome fo the lawsuit? so what is the outcome fo the lawsuit?

]]> By: Thomas Lehrman http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/08/26/twitter-sued-for-patent-infringement-in-s-district-of-tx/id=5298/#comment-8052 Thomas Lehrman Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:35:59 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=5298#comment-8052 Gene: Thank you for the thoughtful post; I much enjoy your blog. You and your readers might want to use the Free Boliven Patent Search (link below) which is updated as soon as new patents are received from the USPTO, EPO, JPO, KPO, and WIPO. We also offer robust analytics, free searchable PDF downloads, and free file histories (since 2001). www.boliven.com/patents Feedback is always welcome. Kind regards, Thomas Lehrman President, Boliven Gene:

Thank you for the thoughtful post; I much enjoy your blog. You and your readers might want to use the Free Boliven Patent Search (link below) which is updated as soon as new patents are received from the USPTO, EPO, JPO, KPO, and WIPO. We also offer robust analytics, free searchable PDF downloads, and free file histories (since 2001).

http://www.boliven.com/patents

Feedback is always welcome.

Kind regards,
Thomas Lehrman
President, Boliven

]]> By: Adam http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/08/26/twitter-sued-for-patent-infringement-in-s-district-of-tx/id=5298/#comment-8001 Adam Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:45:49 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=5298#comment-8001 It'll be interesting to see what TechRadium's strategy really is. Twitter currently has no revenue worth mentioning, but a sizable chunk of cash on hand due to multiple rounds of VC investment. If TechRadium is looking for royalties, then they're betting that Twitter is going to find a revenue model and grow into a successful competitor. If they want a lump-sum settlement or court-appointed damages, it will likely eat up all of Twitter's cash and force them to either close down or get another big round of funding, which means TechRadium will have a fight on their hands. It'll also be interesting to see what Twitter's reaction is. It's pretty clear to me that Twitter doesn't infringe on all of the claims of any of the patents, and they might not infringe on any of the claims. However, I suspect they'll see things from Gene's perspective and try to end it quickly and not make any lawyers rich. It’ll be interesting to see what TechRadium’s strategy really is. Twitter currently has no revenue worth mentioning, but a sizable chunk of cash on hand due to multiple rounds of VC investment. If TechRadium is looking for royalties, then they’re betting that Twitter is going to find a revenue model and grow into a successful competitor. If they want a lump-sum settlement or court-appointed damages, it will likely eat up all of Twitter’s cash and force them to either close down or get another big round of funding, which means TechRadium will have a fight on their hands.

It’ll also be interesting to see what Twitter’s reaction is. It’s pretty clear to me that Twitter doesn’t infringe on all of the claims of any of the patents, and they might not infringe on any of the claims. However, I suspect they’ll see things from Gene’s perspective and try to end it quickly and not make any lawyers rich.

]]> By: Gene Quinn http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/08/26/twitter-sued-for-patent-infringement-in-s-district-of-tx/id=5298/#comment-7991 Gene Quinn Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:13:42 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=5298#comment-7991 John- True enough. Do you ever get tired of being right? The only difference between mass e-mail and Twitter seems to be that the Ayatollah's were unable to solve the riddle of message transit for at least 10 days. -Gene John-

True enough. Do you ever get tired of being right?

The only difference between mass e-mail and Twitter seems to be that the Ayatollah’s were unable to solve the riddle of message transit for at least 10 days.

-Gene

]]> By: john white http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/08/26/twitter-sued-for-patent-infringement-in-s-district-of-tx/id=5298/#comment-7989 john white Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:57:06 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=5298#comment-7989 Gene: You know I hate to be right, but I was right. As soon as I understood what Twitter was, and at the same time had kids in school post 9-11, the mass directed short email systems have been widely adopted and we are the regular recipients of school closings and other emergency info. I believe I said, at one of our regular dinner discussions on all things patent related, that Twitter was simply an extant mass email system for individuals. Oh well, I was right...again. John Gene: You know I hate to be right, but I was right. As soon as I understood what Twitter was, and at the same time had kids in school post 9-11, the mass directed short email systems have been widely adopted and we are the regular recipients of school closings and other emergency info. I believe I said, at one of our regular dinner discussions on all things patent related, that Twitter was simply an extant mass email system for individuals. Oh well, I was right…again. John

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