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Marvell Semiconductor must reach into its pockets once again, having lost another patent-infringement lawsuit. This time around, the victor was France Telecom, which sued Marvell in 2012 for infringing its patent on certain error-correction algorithms used in CDMA wireless networking, which licensed under the goofy name Turbo …

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  1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
    Paris Hilton

    Is it a fact that algorithmica and mathematics (i.e. true statements about invariants) still cannot be protected in the EU, so we see a Yuropean company making hay off this in the US, which indicates that said company would support the protection of such reified elements of discourse in the EU in a heartbeat?

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    1. Tom Samplonius
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      "...so we see a Yuropean company making hay off this in the US, which indicates that said company would support the protection of such reified elements of discourse in the EU in a heartbeat?"

      Probably. And given that France Telecom is still partially owned by the french gov't, I assume the gov't would support a US style patent system too.

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  2. Mage Silver badge

    Oh dear

    US still upholding nonsense patents.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Oh dear

      Yes and no but I wasn't surprised to hear that a US jury didn't sign off on the 10 million against a French firm!

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      1. Tom Samplonius
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        Re: Oh dear

        "Yes and no but I wasn't surprised to hear that a US jury didn't sign off on the 10 million against a French firm!"

        Marvel is a US firm, so they didn't sign off on $10 million against a a US firm. And the suit was brought by a French firm.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    CHIPMAN

    Not only did France defeat him, i hear that Dr Cod 'Battered' him as well.

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    1. Trigonoceps occipitalis
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      Re: CHIPMAN

      Who's a Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey now?

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      1. Swarthy
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        Re: CHIPMAN

        Still the French.

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