Networks In Motion secure POI rating & feedback software patent
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| Chalk this up to another obvious thing that’s now been patented: Networks In
| Motion (NIM) have been granted exclusive rights to the system of delivering
| ratings, information and more, from a server, regarding a point-of-interest
| (POI) located using a GPS-enabled mobile device. The patent, titled “Point of
| Interest Spatial Rating Search Method and System”, basically describes a
| situation where a user could pull up third-party reviews, low-price ratings
| or subcategories based on a local store or landmark, such as a shop or
| restaurant.
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http://www.phonemag.com/networks-in-motion-secure-poi-rating-feedback-software-patent-02802.php
Too Many Patents? How Patent Inflation Plagues Information Technology
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| The highwater mark was the notorious 1998 State Street decision, which Rich
| authored and which summarily eliminated the longstanding exclusion of patents
| for business methods. (1) Suddenly, patents were no longer limited to
| technology but available for any form of human activity.
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| By tying the PTO's budget to the fees it collected, Congress would inspire a
| new PTO mission, "to help customers get patents."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-kahin/too-many-patents-how-pa_b_85621.html
Related and recent (system on the verge of collapse):
Rambus Sees $97-a-Share Patent Trial Win Over Hynix (Update2)
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| Rambus Inc., the designer of chips for Sony Corp.'s PlayStation video-game
| console, might collect royalties of as much as $10 billion, six times its
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| market value, by winning a seven-year fight with Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aLRlOdW6c84s&refer=home
Twelve billion euros claimed from Nokia for use of patents
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| IPcom, an exploiter of patents based in Pullach, near Munich, is demanding 12
| billion euros from the Finnish group Nokia for use of mobile telephony
| patents, reports Handelsblatt. IPCom is said to have lodged a complaint with
| the Land Court in Mannheim in early January, aimed at prohibiting Nokia’s use
| of eight patent families. That would mean a ban on sales in a large number of
| countries, though what particular patents are involved is not yet clear.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/102822/from/rss09
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