Newegg in court over patent dispute

[GoodBytes]

Newegg is on trial over patent dispute. The company taking Newegg is TQP Development (no websites) The reason for this, is because Newegg is using an encryption system for it's accounts, which TQP Development believes that they own the patent too. TQP Development is refereed as a patent troll company by media and people.

 

This is not the first time TQP Development is taking Newegg to court over patent dispute.

Newegg won every other cases, also by other similar companies. Last one was in September of this year with again TQP.

 

 

Would anyone be uncomfortable handing $5 million to someone over a patent?

That's one of the questions that a lawyer for a mysterious company called TQP Development put to a panel of potential jurors here yesterday. In the process of choosing a jury to preside in TQP's showdown with online retailer Newegg, more information about TQP has become public. The company became controversial last year when it earned publicity for suing hundreds of companies over commonly used Web encryption technology. It's also owned by prolific patent licensor Erich Spangenberg, a man who Newegg's top lawyer, Lee Cheng, has referred to as a "patent troll."

 

The demand is actually low by the standards of patent cases that go to trial. It can cost $5 million just to try a patent case, and it's extremely difficult to do so for less than $2 million. It's very likely that Newegg could have escaped the case for under $500,000 at some point.

But the TQP patent campaign has always been about breadth. It has collected around $40 million from the companies it has sued, according to Spangenberg. With more than 20 companies still in the litigation pipeline, TQP's push against Newegg actually has more to do with protecting its ability to collect on those cases—and Newegg's refusal to back down.

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Read full story and source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/11/newegg-on-trial-day-one-picking-a-patent-jury/

More on Story Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/11/newegg-hurtles-toward-texas-showdown-with-famed-patent-troll/

Source 2: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/32806/newegg-wins-another-battle-against-patent-troll-erich-spangenberg/index.html

[Levent]

i thought there was another website called NewEgg... whats the point of writing it like that

[Bluejay0]

Soooo... does this mean we might lose Newegg?

 

America: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GoodBytes]

i thought there was another website called NewEgg... whats the point of writing it like that

Fixed. Thanks

[kuddlesworth9419]

I really did wish that these companies would be shut down entirely and those responsible are put in prison for 10 years. That included the CEO of Apple and any other company CEO responsible for patent trolling. I think you would find it would put a complete stop to all stupid patent crap for good.

[Kilerbomb]

Last time Newegg was bugged by a company like this, Newegg bitch slapped them. I'm sure that Newegg will do fine.

[Warcony]

I really did wish that these companies would be shut down entirely and those responsible are put in prison for 10 years. That included the CEO of Apple and any other company CEO responsible for patent trolling. I think you would find it would put a complete stop to all stupid patent crap for good.

 

Couldn't agree more.  Someone high up and well known at Apple has to be jailed or slapped with some punishment for their ridiculous patent lawsuits. 

[kuddlesworth9419]

It's their company so they should be responsible for everything that happens. If they don't know everything that is going on then they are not organised enough or they are just too big. If I went and patented something stupid and then patent trolled everyone I don't think the government wouldn't hesitate to throw me in jail or prevent me from doing so but when its a company that makes a shit ton of money the government protects the hell out of them.

[stevv]

why bother... just go to the warehouse and bring out a few drones... 

 

Still go NEWEGG!  Kick there butt like they kicked but in the shopping cart ordeal!

[Poocannon]

Last time Newegg was bugged by a company like this, Newegg bitch slapped them. I'm sure that Newegg will do fine.

 

Their inhouse Lawyer even announced they would fight every patenttroll who wants to take them on. He seemed to be pretty confident in winning. I think they will be fine.

[TopWargamer]

Hopefully Newegg will come out on top. Best of luck to ya Newegg! We're all rooting for you!

[CoffeeBlack]

Soooo... does this mean we might lose Newegg?

 

America: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

probably not. NewEgg's legal team usually bitch slaps guys like this.

[Fetzie]

Newegg's legal team lead told them to "bring it on".

[Blade of Grass]

Fixed. Thanks

It still says "NewEgg"....

[GoodBytes]

It still says "NewEgg"....

Oh that is what you are talking about. ok fixed

[Jaybird]

I really did wish that these companies would be shut down entirely and those responsible are put in prison for 10 years. That included the CEO of Apple and any other company CEO responsible for patent trolling. I think you would find it would put a complete stop to all stupid patent crap for good.

you realize apple has 15500 patents 8.5 percent of which are in america. when its the foundation of why your company exists you are going to fight tooth and nail to keep whats truly yours. lets say you have a special recipe for make a pie. and every one in your town comes to eat your delicious pies. then a store opens up across town advertising the exact same pie. now you draw in only half the crowd. are you going to fight to shut this new company down for stealing your recipe?

 

 http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1261292

[Giddyguy]

Hopefully Newegg wins and then throws a large Celebration Sale!

[miyabwah]

Hopefully Newegg wins and then throws a large Celebration Sale!

They better win. They have the best deals in all of ever.

[kuddlesworth9419]

you realize apple has 15500 patents 8.5 percent of which are in america. when its the foundation of why your company exists you are going to fight tooth and nail to keep whats truly yours. lets say you have a special recipe for make a pie. and every one in your town comes to eat your delicious pies. then a store opens up across town advertising the exact same pie. now you draw in only half the crowd. are you going to fight to shut this new company down for stealing your recipe?

 

 http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1261292

Then you need to make eating your pie better. Maybe have a TV in the store or be friendlier to the customers. That is how capitalism should be. If there are patents then no one improves on anything and everything stays crappy. If we didn't have patents then everyone would be trying to improve everything all the time. If Apple didn't hold so many patents on stupid things then it would have had much more competition from smaller companies and would have changed their products much more then it has.

[mr moose]

you realize apple has 15500 patents 8.5 percent of which are in america. when its the foundation of why your company exists you are going to fight tooth and nail to keep whats truly yours. lets say you have a special recipe for make a pie. and every one in your town comes to eat your delicious pies. then a store opens up across town advertising the exact same pie. now you draw in only half the crowd. are you going to fight to shut this new company down for stealing your recipe?

 

 http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1261292

yeah 15499 of those patents are for shapes, colours, screens that produce images, phones with speakers, a small black or white rectangle with rounded corners and my favourite: a patent on the theft. Only apple have the right to steal ideas and technology.

[Jaybird]

Then you need to make eating your pie better. Maybe have a TV in the store or be friendlier to the customers. That is how capitalism should be. If there are patents then no one improves on anything and everything stays crappy. If we didn't have patents then everyone would be trying to improve everything all the time. If Apple didn't hold so many patents on stupid things then it would have had much more competition from smaller companies and would have changed their products much more then it has.

As a capitalist I formally reject your theory. Its skewed.

[Jaybird]

yeah 15499 of those patents are for shapes, colours, screens that produce images, phones with speakers, a small black or white rectangle with rounded corners and my favourite: a patent on the theft. Only apple have the right to steal ideas and technology.

Go be original and come up with your own idea and patent it.

[mr moose]

Go be original and come up with your own idea and patent it.

I don't want there to be a patent system, I want companies to survive by producing good products at reasonable prices, if they can't survive by making decent products then they don't deserve to survive.  And they certainly don't deserve to make other people pay for their inability to be competitive or produce what the consumer wants.

[TheGhostVII]

These guys really took "any publicity is good publicity" to heart.

[LAwLz]

I think it would be great if the one that lost a court case was punished somehow. So that for example if for example Apple sued company X and lost, Apple would have to pay company X to cover their expenses and worsened reputation. That would probably make companies more careful before patent trolling.

 

 

 

yeah 15499 of those patents are for shapes, colours, screens that produce images, phones with speakers, a small black or white rectangle with rounded corners and my favourite: a patent on the theft. Only apple have the right to steal ideas and technology.

Hey, hey hey... Are you implying Apple did not invent (remember: the requirement for a patent is that there is no prior art) the black rectangle with curved edges? The patent office would like a word with you sir... And how dare you suggest that colorful, square icons in a grid was even thought of before 2007?

Apple should obviously have those patents because they did it first. Without Apple, we wouldn't have any black rectangles.