Microsoft Accused Of Stealing Kinect From Columbian Inventor

http://digitizor.com/2011/07/15/microsoft-accused-stealing-kinect/

by dkd903 • 15 years ago

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wccrawford• 15 years ago

He can claim it all he wants. He needs to prove it.

daeken• 15 years ago

This article misses one thing: MS didn't develop this part of the tech, PrimeSense did. You can see their stuff at http://www.primesense.com/?p=487

MS built the software that actually made sense of the data, but PrimeSense is who developed and built the technology that's in question here.

ig12• 15 years ago

Precisely, unless he can show the PrimeSense guys based their technology upon his then they can use a clean-room defence to get the patent invalidated.

esrauch• 15 years ago

IANAL but I don't think that is how patents work. If person A patents his invention, and person B completely independently invents exactly the same invention without having any knowledge about person A's work, person B still cannot just ignore the patent.

dstein• 15 years ago

Let me get this straight, he invents a new technology, doesn't patent it, then sends a prototype to one of the most vile software companies in the world, then gets fucked over big time... and he's surprised??

artmageddon• 15 years ago

The patent process sucks, and takes a long time to get it to go through. The article says he filed in 2009, but he still has yet to get it. Maybe he was hoping to get a job in Microsoft Research or something?

TheDahv• 15 years ago

Columbia != Colombia

molecule• 15 years ago

Colombian.

/pedant

Microsoft Accused Of Stealing Kinect From Columbian Inventor

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