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Microsoft sued over Xbox, Halo games

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, should pay a New York company $90 million for using its inventions in the Xbox video-game system, a lawyer told a federal jury yesterday.

PalTalk Holdings Inc. says Halo games and the Xbox console on which they are played infringe two patents for inventions developed by MPath Interactive Inc. PalTalk bought the patents for less than $200,000, Microsoft lawyer David Pritikin said.

The trial in Marshall, Texas, centers on technology for ways to control interactive applications over multiple computers. MPath was "a pioneer in the online video industry in the area of real-time, multiplayer online games," PalTalk lawyer Max Tribble told the jury.

UltimateIdiot9115519d ago

Yay, got to love these patent sharks.

Parappa The Rappa5519d ago

These lawsuit seem to be going down in TX all the time?

Kushan5519d ago

There's probably a larger success of the cases being approved in Texas or something.

Still, disgraceful.

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ThatCanadianGuy5519d ago

Not allowed to say the X-word in here!

ThatOneGuyThere5519d ago

because being gay makes you so much smarter and enlightened then everyone else...

stop being such a sucker.

IcarusOne5519d ago

Lest your forget the original SixAxis, without rumble, because rumble was "so last gen."

Or because Sony stole the tech from a 3rd party and didn't want to bruise their egos by paying the licensing fee. Yeah, kudos on that one.

Being raped by MS is like being raped by Adrian Lima. I want more. Lots more.

FarEastOrient5519d ago

This is another bull$hit case, PC games have using this architecture long before the Xbox came out.

ThatCanadianGuy5519d ago

Possibly the most pathetic thing i have ever read on N4G.

godofthunder105518d ago

This is a bunch of bullsh*t.If they thought they really had a case they would've done it eariler then they did.This case isn't going anywhere.
I knew that Microsoft and Sony was going to lose when they were both sued for useing rummble with out permission..This is a whole completly different story and it will have a different ending.The fact is that unlike the claim,microsoft didn't use their patent.

This isn't a hard working America like it use to.I was brught up to belive the harder you work the bigger the reward.The majority of the younger generation want things to be handed to them.They sue for any chance they get.For exsample,they could just have a 10 mph fenderbender and they will cry OH! my back or OH! my neck or both and there isn't a damn thing wrong with them.They are the reason that our car insurance is high.Social Sucurity is the same way.They are the reason Social Sucurity is in the shape it's in now.They have so many lazy people between 18 and 25 that's on S.S.I(it comes out of S.S) that it's pathetic.The funnist thing out of this is they never paid 1 dime into S.S so they are stealing the people S.S that paid it in.They claim stupid things like they can't work because they get dissy or they have a attention disorder to just acting like they are crazy.Then after they get and cash the checks from the Goverment that they stole from working people that deserve it you could see about 80% to 90% that's selling drugs on the corner and stealling every thing that's not tired down.

On top of all this they want the people that work hard,paid to go to college to make a better life for themselfs to pay them for not going and it's wrong.I never went to college and i'm just a construction worker.I still don't want as*holes that's running out country to make them pay more taxes so they could take their hard earn money and give it to people that didn't go to college.The fact is that everyone have the same chance in this country.I don't care what anyone says,that includes colored people,mexicans,whites and any other you could think of.Everone that's an american citizen have the same damn choice.people that want the leaders of our country to punish hard working American to pay them for not working hard is not an American.The U.S is built on hard work.It's a place that's suppose to be a free country.people come here to make a better life for themselfs.I guess if people in washington have their way it will all be distroyed.Our founding fathers are spinning over in their graves right now because of what they are trying to do.If people don't wake up we will be another russia .

The point i'm making is that the U.S is turing into a laztcountry where people want other people to give them their hard earn money and every one is sueing and it's destroying the U.S.

indysurfn5518d ago (Edited 5518d ago )

Your a good writer but I have to disagree with two of your points. The first one is if they had a case they would have sued long ago. This is the opposite of the truth. This is what happens when you sue early. Once you win the judge will decide how much money has been made off of your invention by the thief's, not in the future but so far. Then based on that dollar amount they will pay you. You have 10 years to sue! And in some cases(music) longer. So the sooner you sue the less you get. If they sued Microsoft on day one they would have gotten a portion of day one halo(1) sales, or a order to cease. A smart person will wait 9 years+ then sue. The second thing I disagree with is your claims about getting rewarded for working hard. How is it your defending a company that steals from people that worked hard to make something for stealing? Why can't the real inventors make money of thier work? Why are you attacking the real workers? What you want them to do smile and say take from me? This is how you find out of something is right or wrong. Imagine you making the software. Trying to sale it to someone, have them excited about it, then finding out they just changed it a little and made it work with broadband get richER off it. And keep all of it to them selfs. Now tell me if it is okay with you. If you can honestly say yes then it is not wrong. If it is hard work for a company to copy your code not pay you a dime, change a few lines of code to work with broadband after you created it from scratch, and created thousands of lines of code then it is okay. Freedom does not mean you can steal another persons invention what America are you talking about? I live in a civil America where stealing is illegal immoral. Not right and that is not freedom! When our fore fathers set up the country one of the first things they set up was the library of congress. This is to prevent theft. Which is what mpath used to protect themselvs.

indysurfn5518d ago (Edited 5518d ago )

Back in the 60's big companies tried to stop people from sueing them. The bills never passed because people would pressure their congress men to vote against these bills. So after many years of this the businesses got smart. They decided to turn the people against themselfs. So that they will pressure their congressmen to pass these bills. Thus the consumer was throwing away their own right to sue any significant amount. Now how did they do this? They started several massive campaigns. Paying news shows and news papers, and sites to feature friovolus lawsuits! They mocked these suits, and blamed them for high costs. Guess what it worked! example my ex got bad medicine (a flu shot). It made her permantly disabled. After six years of sueing they finally lost to her. Admitted, and paid $6,000! That's right 6 thousand dollars plus medical bills. You see when you see these settlements in the news paper, example the old lady that spilled coffee on her lap getting 126 million they NEVER get that!!! EVER, it usually includes a max of medical bills paid directly to hospitals, she got a few thousand dollars cash, and can never have sex again for the rest of her life! Instead will feel pain every stop she takes, because of the third degree burns. We are a bunch of douche bags the campaign is over. We sold ourselves out to big business. Don't sale the small business out also. Stop attacking people that want justice, and attract the criminal for a change. We have become of nation that don't protect the fatherless boys, but instead call them whiners.

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Simon_Brezhnev5519d ago (Edited 5519d ago )

lol if they win i bet live go up to $100 a month

kewlkat0075519d ago (Edited 5519d ago )

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Wasn't the Dreamcast online?

DelbertGrady5519d ago

Yes. The Dreamcast had a built-in modem.

ultimatek15519d ago

Then every developers of multiplayer games should be sued too, haha this nonsense made my day!

rawrockkillz5519d ago

Why is this being brought up just now?

Panthers5519d ago

Lawsuits take years. I didnt read the article but this case probably started a long time ago.

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Kaii59d ago

Well, 4-Infinite dropped the ball massively so don't worry.

Sgt_Slaughter59d ago (Edited 59d ago )

Not really. 4, 5, MCC, and Infinite are only remembered for their shortcomings and failures when the franchise was purely known for being a system seller and an all-time great. There's a reason 1, 2, 3, and Reach are looked back on fondly, and it's not because of nostalgia.

FinalFantasyFanatic59d ago

I don't know of anyone that speaks fondly of the later Halo games, I would like to play 5, but I know it's not good, and I'm just waiting on Infinite to hit my strike price. I played MCC a lot later after it came out, so must of those bugs/issues were gone by the time I played it.

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PhillyDonJawn59d ago (Edited 59d ago )

To say it dropped the massively is just not true. Many in the community hold H5 as the best mp mechanics in the entire series and say its what 4 should've been. Its campaign was trash but the MP is Fantastic and many faces of the community still play today and it only made 500mill in the matter of months but sure it dropped the ball massively. 4 was hated due to all the changes at once. And CoD like feature and rightful get hate but it's campaign story was liked by a majority of ppl. 343 hasn't nailed ot 100% but they get 1 thing perfect but F up in other places. Infinite had a good campaign and design but the story was a mess. The MP improves upon what Halo 3 was and is what many ppl wanted to go back to but it lacked content severely. So massively aint the word. Dropping the ball massively is when it's pure trash and unplay/unenjoyable. Most ppl blind by nostalgia so soon as 1 thing aint the same its hated cause Halo set the bar so high
FYI reach was not that good.

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Dead IP, time to invent something new.

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Maybe they can have ID or one of the COD studios help 343 with this series.

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Halo-Pop like Gears Pop. Halo bowling. Halo Cooking Mama. There’s a reason why you won’t hear about them

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