Earthcomber Cries Patent Infringement Against Loopt

[qhoxie]

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/03/earthcomber-cries-patent-infringement-against-loopt/

[99Frogs]

“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.

[noonespecial]

Any patent that has a little squiggly blob labeled "internet" in the picture should be automatically denied.

[FakeSamAltman]

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.

[chaostheory]

if you can't beat them in the market... ligitate and extort