$185m anti-malware patent dispute: Norton and Columbia University fight on NortonLifeLock and Columbia University's legal tussle over anti-malware patents continued last week, with attorney fees and a new trial in dispute two months after a jury awarded the uni $185 million. In 2013, Columbia sued Norton and accused the company of infringing 167 claims over six patents. Although the May award went …
I skimmed over one of these patents. These shouldn't have been granted in the first place.
It literally lists steps that you would want to do to detect anomalies in code execution, if you had common sense.
Where is the invention there?
All those companies should have their patents cancelled and be charged for wasting time.
Corporations that were developing such a thing and then learned it has been patented by someone should be paid compensation.
"Corporations that were developing such a thing and then learned it has been patented by someone should be paid compensation."
It seems to me that the entire US patent system is based on "if it's not currently patented, register a patent ASAP before someone else does". It doesn't seem to matter if the application is obvious or already in use, the USPO will rubber stamp it and let the courts decide. Meanwhile, those with less deep pockets either have their inventions[*} stolen from under them and go bust, or have to pay ridiculous licencing fees for their own invention.
[*[ for "inverntion", I mean what said at the start of the post. The "invention" may simply be obvious or public knowledge, ie unpatentable due to prior art.
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