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Paul Allen Suing.....Everyone?

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blong131
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wtf?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703294904575385241453119382.html

"Named in Mr. Allen's suit, along with Apple and Google, are AOL Inc., eBay Inc., Facebook Inc., Netflix Inc., Office Depot Inc., OfficeMax Inc., Staples Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Google's YouTube subsidiary. Notably missing from the defendants' list are Microsoft, in which Mr. Allen remains a major investor, and Amazon.com Inc., which is based in Mr. Allen's hometown of Seattle."
Aug 27 2010 2:46PM
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Broseph_Stalin
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well he owns the patents so... i guess he has the right to?
Aug 27 2010 2:49PM
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blong131
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yeah i just think its crazy that hes like "boom. suing everyone right meow."
Aug 27 2010 2:51PM
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sndyrvr
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Apparently Mr. Allen just does work...
Aug 27 2010 3:03PM
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blong131
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i saw his megayacht down in ft lauderdale 2 years back. dude definitely does work.
Aug 27 2010 3:07PM
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corona
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he owns the patents, but never developed any of the stuff himself. how fucked up can capitalization gets. It's along the same lines as Pfizer or whoever patenting plants which African tribes have used medicinally for centuries and then saying they own all of that kind of plant and they aren't allowed to use them anymore.

Or that farmer in Manitoba I think who planted seeds of a crop he grew and harvested then got sued because that type of plant was under a patent.
Or a lady suing for slipping on ice on the sidewalk outside of some store, fuck you lady learn to walk properly. people slip all the time.
Or the lady who burned herself with hot coffee and sued. common sense you dickwad.
Or that guy who broke into someones home to rob him, but hurt himself during the process and sued and won.

how fucked up can this society get in these aspects


inb4 "you're just being anti-system to be cool" comment
Aug 27 2010 3:08PM
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