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Re:Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in... by fragsworth on Friday March 02, 2018 @08:26PM (#16507263)
Wow. I actually remember playing your game when I was 17. I can't remember details about the virtual currency though.

The '838 patent was filed in 2000 (which is the effective date, 2007 is just the processing date). Did Achaea have virtual currency before then? If so, that would help us a lot.

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Re:Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in... by mmihaly on Friday March 02, 2018 @09:44PM (#16507568)
Yep, we started doing it in 1997 and have plenty of documentation to that effect.
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Re:Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in... by Veelox on Saturday March 03, 2018 @10:51AM (#16509762)
I love seeing patent trolls taken down.
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Re:Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in... by aagha on Saturday March 03, 2018 @11:31AM (#16510012)
Wow. Did you file a patent?
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Re:Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in... by stjohnswarts on Saturday March 03, 2018 @04:06PM (#16511576)
You are the real MVP. Carry on.
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Re:Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in... by smoyer on Friday March 02, 2018 @10:02PM (#16507609)
Their patent is for digital tokens ... Clearly rubies are your "unit of currency". Is there any chance it was supposed to be Rubles but was misspelled?
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