Re:Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass
by hollerith on Monday July 16, 2012 @08:44PM
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>A huge company with > $100B in the bank
Google doesn't have > $100B in the bank (citation: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=goog+Balance+Sheet). You are probably thinking of Apple.
Re:Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass
by ChuckMcM on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @02:02AM
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Your right they have been spending big chunks of late (I believe the Motorola deal recently closed so that 12B check had to clear the bank eventually).
I continue to believe that Google is perceived to be a 'high value' target by offensive litigators.
Re:Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass
by Schwolop on Monday July 16, 2012 @09:31PM
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The technology used in eyetrap and Google's glasses is sufficiently different that I doubt the eyetrap patent is really being infringed by Google. I doubt Steve has the money or desire to take Google to court anyway, and probably holds the patent as a defensive measure against himself being sued by someone like Google.
Re:Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass
by ChuckMcM on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @01:51AM
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Sort of FYI, plaintiff lawyers in the US may choose to work on a contingency basis if they think there is a big payoff at the end, no cost to the plaintiff, just let them sue on your behalf and they are off to the races.
All I know is we have three things:
1) A patent for the 'eyetrap' issued in 2003 with another 8 years or so to run.
2) A huge company with > $100B in the bank who has made a big publicity play betting on their technology that, on the surface clearly infringes.
3) No statements either from either party that a license is in place. In fact the Google Glass page should say "this device is covered by patents ..." but it doesn't.
If in fact no license exists, I see a table in the square with between 100M$ and a 1B$ sitting on it with nobody watching. I would not be surprised in the least that someone decided to try and take it off the table.
Time will tell.