Quote: "Intel owns x86you dipstick.
Oh look, here's the patent.
See those words next to Assignee? The ones that look conspicuously like "Intel Corporation"?"
You might want to read what you find next time.
Just a quick question, but are you aware of what IA32 is? If so could you answer why it was important for Intel when they released the Pentium Processor?
We'll ignore for a second what the patent you've found (on an unofficial site btw) actually covers, and assume it means the x86 processor design. Even though for the entire x86 range your talking atleast 8 patents just for the CPU design as a whole let alone each of the subsections.
So we're not assuming Intel own the Patent, and it is for the entire x86 range. The funny thing about patents, copyrights, and trademarks that makes all of this so mind boggling is the fact that despite who registers the patent, the legal owner is the company in charge at the time.
For example, if you were hired by Microsoft and you came up with a revolutionary new Operating System. So you rush out and patent it to prevent people from stealing it, while your name would be the legal patent holder.. Microsoft would also register themselves as the proprioter(sp?) of the technology, meaning that while you can take legal action outside of Microsoft; if they choose to use this technology they can without you being able to do anything.
Kinda like a whole chain of command thing.
Like if Lee was to register DarkBasic's object handling as a patent, because he is employed by TGC it would automatically become that legal entities property (unless he specifically goes through a personal patent).. so even though he owns the company, if for any reason he was fired then the patent would still remain at TGC. Legally meaning he can't use what he created no more.
If you want a much better understanding of how this all works, then I'd suggest you do some research on EIDOS, Core Design, Crystal Dynamics, Jeremy Heath-Smith and Tomb Raider.
It's probably the most understandable open situation to a patent I've ever seen.
Quote: "Quite interesting to see how much impact this has on Immersion in the Nasdaq.
http://quotes.nasdaq.com/quote.dll?page=charting&mode=basics&selected=IMMR&symbol=IMMR%60&timeframe=1y&charttype=line
Take a look at the volume chart (end of March)."
You know what is more interesting?
If you check, they've only been trading since 2000
Yet if Yahoo are to be believed, they invented technology that's been around and in use for almost 6years before that.
Never gets old hearing about people inventing things that have been around for years.
