DaGaffer
Down With That Sorta Thing
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http://steamed.kotaku.com/british-telecom-giant-is-suing-valve-over-steam-patent-1786026255
interesting. It's quite amusing reading all the fanboys getting riled up about BT ("patent troll" is the stock response).
I haven't actually read any of the patents, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if they were completely legit; BT used to R&D a ton of stuff around gaming and digital distribution back in the day; Wireplay was one outcome of that.
There was nothing particularly innovative about Steam other than exercising its brand assets really well; will be interesting to see how this pans out.
interesting. It's quite amusing reading all the fanboys getting riled up about BT ("patent troll" is the stock response).
I haven't actually read any of the patents, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if they were completely legit; BT used to R&D a ton of stuff around gaming and digital distribution back in the day; Wireplay was one outcome of that.
There was nothing particularly innovative about Steam other than exercising its brand assets really well; will be interesting to see how this pans out.