Posted Jul 07, 2009 at 07:00PM by Mabie A.
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Newport Beach, California-based firm,
Shared Memory Graphics LLC, is taking out the big guns and going after three of the top tech makers in the industry, namely Apple, Nintendo and Sony, alleging that these companies have infringed on their patent rights.
The infringed patents are reportedly to be "two [patents] that describe ways in which microprocessors fine-tune graphics by balancing the flow of data from various sources," explained WSJ Online. In fact, it is even said that the patents originally belonged to one Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, who later on sold the patents to Shared Memory. The lawsuit is going against the three companies for the supposed use of the patented graphic accelerator systems on the DS, PSP, PS2 and iPhone/ iPod Touch. More Patent Infringement Drama:
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[Via Wall Street Journal Online]
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by SolidSnake117 - 2009-07-07 |
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» geez just let it go!!!
who gives a crap!!! that's like Einstein coming back from the dead to sue every single manufacturer that makes light bulbs...
who gives a crap!!! that's like Einstein coming back from the dead to sue every single manufacturer that makes light bulbs...
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Re: Visigoth - 2009-07-07 |
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» heh
cept Einstein didnt invent the light bulb
cept Einstein didnt invent the light bulb
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Re: skeez - 2009-07-07 |
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» heh²
touché
touché
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Re: Tsunaki - 2009-07-07 |
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» Retard
Wow, undoubtedly the biggest fail of the century... Poor Thomas Edison...
Wow, undoubtedly the biggest fail of the century... Poor Thomas Edison...
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Re: Foolmonkey - 2009-07-07 |
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» hehhh
Thomas Edison sucks balls. It was Nikola Tesla who "invented the 20th century" as they say.
Thomas Edison sucks balls. It was Nikola Tesla who "invented the 20th century" as they say.
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Re: Viper124 - 2009-07-07 |
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» @Foolmonkey
Tesla is the bomb!
Tesla is the bomb!
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Re: ChevyJackson - 2009-07-07 |
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» @Viper124
Actually, The Bomb was Einstein :P
Actually, The Bomb was Einstein :P
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Re: Buhumith - 2009-07-07 |
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» haha
but anyways, they just want some monay
but anyways, they just want some monay
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Re: hypercoyote360 - 2009-07-07 |
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» lol
lol nice chevy. Yeah, I think I'm going to file a patent for atomic structures. Then I can sue everyone. I can even sue people for making babies....
lol nice chevy. Yeah, I think I'm going to file a patent for atomic structures. Then I can sue everyone. I can even sue people for making babies....
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Re: TheLastGuitarHero - 2009-07-07 |
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» ...
Yeah but Rosa Parks beat Einstein to the light bulb idea, so she should sue him.
Yeah but Rosa Parks beat Einstein to the light bulb idea, so she should sue him.
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Re: Serosis - 2009-07-08 |
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» @ ChevyJackson
Einstein didn't invent the bomb, only the theory that was used to make it.
Einstein didn't invent the bomb, only the theory that was used to make it.
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Re: PinCushion - 2009-07-08 |
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» Well,
unless I misunderstood, this is pretty much the same thing. These patents seem to be for how it could work. Of course, in the case of Einstein, who would want to be legally responsible for killing that many people?
unless I misunderstood, this is pretty much the same thing. These patents seem to be for how it could work. Of course, in the case of Einstein, who would want to be legally responsible for killing that many people?
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Re: MidnightBlue - 2009-07-08 |
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» Bombs go boom.
If I may intercede, "The Bomb" was Robert Oppenheimer (Manhattan Project). It was dropped at 5:29:45 (Mountain War Time) on July 16, 1945. In a white blaze that stretched from the basin of the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico to the still-dark skies, "The Gadget" ushered in the Atomic Age. The light of the explosion then turned orange as the atomic fireball began shooting upwards at 360 feet per second, reddening and pulsing as it cooled. The characteristic mushroom cloud of radioactive vapor materialized at 30,000 feet. Beneath the cloud, all that remained of the soil at the blast site were fragments of jade green radioactive glass created by the heat of the reaction.
Wait, what were we talking about again?
If I may intercede, "The Bomb" was Robert Oppenheimer (Manhattan Project). It was dropped at 5:29:45 (Mountain War Time) on July 16, 1945. In a white blaze that stretched from the basin of the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico to the still-dark skies, "The Gadget" ushered in the Atomic Age. The light of the explosion then turned orange as the atomic fireball began shooting upwards at 360 feet per second, reddening and pulsing as it cooled. The characteristic mushroom cloud of radioactive vapor materialized at 30,000 feet. Beneath the cloud, all that remained of the soil at the blast site were fragments of jade green radioactive glass created by the heat of the reaction.
Wait, what were we talking about again?
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Re: Hotsuma - 2009-07-08 |
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» Didn't you forget to say "Thanks UC Berkeley?"
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/neutronics/todd/nuc.bomb.html
I wish I could sound smart too.
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/neutronics/todd/nuc.bomb.html
I wish I could sound smart too.
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Re: NagaTen - 2009-07-10 |
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» Well...
Tesla was the creator of modern light bulbs, Thomas Edison's design were... *inspired* by Tesla's. (Happy Birthday to Nikola Tesla BTW)
And the bomb was acutally invented by the chinese since they were the inventors of gunpowder, no? ^__^
Einstein developed the A-Bomb as part of Project Manhattan.
Tesla was the creator of modern light bulbs, Thomas Edison's design were... *inspired* by Tesla's. (Happy Birthday to Nikola Tesla BTW)
And the bomb was acutally invented by the chinese since they were the inventors of gunpowder, no? ^__^
Einstein developed the A-Bomb as part of Project Manhattan.
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by astaroth001 - 2009-07-07 |
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» ...
I dont know what I'm sick of this "lawsuits" about patents...or all the Michael Jackson talk...just let both go
I dont know what I'm sick of this "lawsuits" about patents...or all the Michael Jackson talk...just let both go
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by Anhmeister - 2009-07-07 |
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» These vague lawsuits.
Are getting pretty annoying.
"fine-tune graphics by balancing the flow of data from various sources" The hell does that mean? Isn't that what every computer does? Every graphics card? Jeez, they should start suing Nvidia and ATI.
Are getting pretty annoying.
"fine-tune graphics by balancing the flow of data from various sources" The hell does that mean? Isn't that what every computer does? Every graphics card? Jeez, they should start suing Nvidia and ATI.
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Re: eynstyne - 2009-07-07 |
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» careful what ya say
Some company might actually take that ATI Nvidia lawsuit to heart. lol
Seems that nowadays.
Some company might actually take that ATI Nvidia lawsuit to heart. lol
Seems that nowadays.
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Re: downloader1122 - 2009-07-08 |
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» How about this interpretation?
Females retain water (unconsciously) on a regular basis, balancing it to certain areas of the body to fine tune their graphical appearance.
So what now? That's got to be prior art :P They are just copying ideas from nature.
Females retain water (unconsciously) on a regular basis, balancing it to certain areas of the body to fine tune their graphical appearance.
So what now? That's got to be prior art :P They are just copying ideas from nature.
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by Orlyeh - 2009-07-07 |
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» Patents and Processes
The funny thing about patents is that they cover inventions/ideas AND processes. The theory is that there is realy only one way to produce something specific which must be discovered by purpose or accident.
After all, if you come up with a process to turn coal into gold, you should have full rights to make money from any person or company using that specific process.
It becomes incredibly vague in terms of computers however. Is the algorithm: check to see if x is true, if x is true, do y, if x is false, do z really a process?
The funny thing about patents is that they cover inventions/ideas AND processes. The theory is that there is realy only one way to produce something specific which must be discovered by purpose or accident.
After all, if you come up with a process to turn coal into gold, you should have full rights to make money from any person or company using that specific process.
It becomes incredibly vague in terms of computers however. Is the algorithm: check to see if x is true, if x is true, do y, if x is false, do z really a process?
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by L0NG - 2009-07-08 |
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» lol
soon sony, *****tendo , and f*** apple will pay a lot of money to f*** "Alliance Semiconductor Corporation"
lol so big prices for sony consoles and no profit for f*** sony
^___________________^
soon sony, *****tendo , and f*** apple will pay a lot of money to f*** "Alliance Semiconductor Corporation"
lol so big prices for sony consoles and no profit for f*** sony
^___________________^
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by phongthan999 - 2009-07-08 |
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» sick money
if those 3 lose, they will going to rise the prices. Then we're all have to pay for it.
sick.
if those 3 lose, they will going to rise the prices. Then we're all have to pay for it.
sick.
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by Hekynn - 2009-07-08 |
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» STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER!
I just wish these company's would stop fighting each other suing left and right at other companys. jeez!
I just wish these company's would stop fighting each other suing left and right at other companys. jeez!
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by mysterysword - 2009-07-08 |
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» ...
$hared Memory Graphics LLC equals $cientology? They won't win anyway...
$hared Memory Graphics LLC equals $cientology? They won't win anyway...
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by omgeggman - 2009-07-08 |
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» O.o
I don't think Shared Memory is very well-known. Compared to multi-billion companies like Nintendo, Sony and Apple I don't think that they stand much of a chance. Maybe Nintendo, Apple and Sony are finally going to work together?
I don't think Shared Memory is very well-known. Compared to multi-billion companies like Nintendo, Sony and Apple I don't think that they stand much of a chance. Maybe Nintendo, Apple and Sony are finally going to work together?
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by deathmetal - 2009-07-08 |
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» As someone else stated...
These lawsuits make the Patents office look like a goddamn joke.
These lawsuits make the Patents office look like a goddamn joke.
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by stalker777 - 2009-07-09 |
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» This is why
This is why the pirate party is needed.
This is why the pirate party is needed.
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