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Re:Earthcomber Cries Patent Infringement Against Loopt by 99Frogs on Friday October 03, 2008 @06:41PM (#323159)
“a system and method for locating and notifying a user of a person, place or thing having attributes matching the user’s stated preferences.”

This is an inevitability, not an innovation. They probably have a patent on holographic GPS, or HDTV-smartphone applications too...they just can't get them to work.

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Re:Earthcomber Cries Patent Infringement Against Loopt by noonespecial on Friday October 03, 2008 @05:49PM (#323127)
Any patent that has a little squiggly blob labeled "internet" in the picture should be automatically denied.
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Re:Earthcomber Cries Patent Infringement Against Loopt by FakeSamAltman on Friday October 03, 2008 @05:18PM (#323090)
http://www.earthcomber.com/splash/index.html

I guess they had to hire some kid down the street to design their website so that they could afford the patent lawyer.

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Re:Earthcomber Cries Patent Infringement Against Loopt by chaostheory on Friday October 03, 2008 @07:05PM (#323174)
if you can't beat them in the market... ligitate and extort
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