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Geek Culture / Tektronics suing all 3d Game Makers? or is a joke?

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JDforce
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 00:02 Edited at: 12th Oct 2005 00:04
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Have anyone here of this? This article says that Tektronics owns a patent for 3D techniques and is suing every 3D Game maker for that. The post on the link is about a year old but still spooky.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/03/game_cos_3d_lawsuit/

http://www.gamesreviews.net/showthread.php?s=16e10e3033e0338e712874bd14cb74a4&threadid=122738&perpage=10&pagenumber=1

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 00:16
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Quote: ". It covers the use of a 3D space - the UAC HQ on Mars, say - to encompass one or more 3D objects - half a dozen Cacodeamons, say"



Um...not that serious sounding to me

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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 00:22
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They probably killed the guy off by now. Thats why you haven't heard anything else about it.

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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 00:26 Edited at: 12th Oct 2005 00:27
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cough* UAC HQ on Mars
Quote: " They probably killed the guy off by now. Thats why you haven't heard anything else about it."



Wasn't that what Bill Gates did to other computer companies, I dunno how Mac and Linux survived, good body guards?

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