{"id":575487,"date":"2010-05-21T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20100521\/1529489535.shtml"},"modified":"2010-05-21T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T01:32:00","slug":"when-anti-pirates-sue-each-other-over-pirating-each-others-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/575487","title":{"rendered":"When Anti-Pirates Sue Each Other Over Pirating Each Other’s Technology…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, this is fun. A tech company in Germany is claiming that movie studio Warner Bros. has “pirated” its “anti-piracy” technology<\/a>. No, seriously. You can read the full complaint<\/a> (pdf) below:
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\nIt’s actually a patent infringement lawsuit, but unlike most<\/i> patent infringement lawsuits, the company suing, Medien Patent Verwaltung (MPV), claims that it actually met with Warner Bros. and “disclosed the technology” to the company. While I have to admit that I find it quite amusing to see Warner Bros. accused of “pirating” its “anti-piracy” technology, when you look at the details, it seems like a typically ridiculous patent scenario, with some random company suing for patent infringement over something another company came up with independently.<\/p>\n

Making things even more amusing? In the lawsuit, MPV mis-identifies its own patent<\/i>, incorrectly using the title of a patent.. held by Warner Bros! MPV’s patent 7,187,633<\/a> is titled “Marking of a data medium material for information intended for reproduction.” Warner Bros., though, has a different patent, 7,206,409<\/a>, titled “Motion picture anti-piracy coding.” But in the filing… MPV refers to the title of its own patent<\/i> as “Motion picture anti-piracy coding” and never mentions Warner’s actual patent by that name. Ooooops. Oh, and the WB patent? Filed before MPVs…<\/p>\n

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