Patents are continuing to cause people to scratch their heads and say, “that’s patentable?” MetroPCS, a regional cellular Verizon MVNO. With their unlimited pricing, and all-you-can-eat rate plan within their regional markets, they somehow secured a patent on such - now competing regional carriers Cricket and Leap want to offer the same service, and say they are suffering damage and irreparable injury. Are they serious?
United States Patent: 7,036,083
Published in April 26th, 2006
Microsoft has had an Indian facility doing nothing more than filing patents, but TV via IM? C’mon.
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