NcSoft & ArenaNet, an offer to help with Worlds.com lawsuit

Regina, please speak with your legal team and let me (and hopefully many other fans here) know if there are any congressmen or legislators we can petition to put an end to this frivolous lawsuit.

I would happily work on getting a petition or letter drive going to ensure your company doesn't suffer just because some slimy patent-troll lawyers are looking for an easy buck!

^ - Definitely support any such community effort.

protip: congressmen don't do anything when they get 2 letters from the guild-wars-playing portion of their constituency.

I don't know sh1t about lawsuits and stuff, but if it can help they can count on me.

protip: congress isn't the same branch of government as the judicial branch.

tl;dr (lul) congressmen cant do crap

was there recent updates regarding this?
or is the op jus a lil sloooow? 0__o

The judicial system isn't influenced by petitions. It's not supposed to, at any rate.

Situations like this are based on legality, not how much a lot of people would just really, really, not like the outcome.

If anything, all you can do is prod your congressmen into trying to pass a bill changing the law, which would be quite a stupid exclusion.

"This law should only be upheld if a lot of people wouldn't be hurt and otherwise very upset by the outcome." The windows that opens are just bad...

Somehow I expect an out of court settlement though.. Although, if you were going to milk something in this economy, the gaming companies are definitely the ones to do it to. They're still striving while everything else is going kerplop.

No, the op was just waiting, hoping the Texas judiciary was intelligent enough to realize the lawsuit has no merrit. They are allowing it to continue, so now other avenues should be explored.

I wouldn't call it frivolous until I saw all the evidence for and again. People have a right to make money off of their ideas. If worlds.com can prove NCsoft's guild I'm all for that, they deserves compensation. If not, NCsoft will be fine.

That won't do anything either.

Law suits apply the law at the time the case was filed. New bills when passed can not retroactively alter pending litigation.


It is not totally frivolous enough to be dismissed before trial. Most likely, Worlds.com will lose anyway due to a prior art claim.

Edited for stuff and things;

This thread is not about off-topic issues in regards to congressmen. Is about the hilarious Worlds.com lawsuit, that is all.

Umm... why isn't that what this thread about fenix? Edit: yeah I see your edit now, makes sense. Still, would have been nice to just keep it up since that guy did have some misinformation.

The OP is talking about petitioning congressmen to help win a lawsuit. Those of us who understand the concept of checks and balances are merely explaining why any sort of petition to a court won't work. The entire reason we have an independent court system is to PREVENT that kinda of abuse.

Good point, what I meant to say was;

This thread is not about off-topic issues in regards to congressmen. Is about the hilarious Worlds.com lawsuit, that is all.

Take a few moments to google it. This lawsuit and the patents they are based on are easily found. Many patent lawyers have already publicly stated this lawsuit has zero merit. This lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division solely because of the anti foreigner track record of the court. Not to mention Thom Kidrin, new owner of Worlds.com has a long track record of buying defunct companies and trolling for patents to sue over.

Here are two links to get you started.

Lawsuit: http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/200...st-ncsoft.html (link to pdf of suit)

Patent Trolls: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/patent_trolls

mrvrod if you like to help i think this is a good place to start if you serious.

look at the graph on Alexa, how during late december and early january Worlds.com has like triple its traffic.

I meant moreso against future cases, seeing as to how this is just against NCSoft at the moment, unless I'm mistaken. Then again, there's precedents and all that.

Those on Capital Hill have other more pressing other matters to think of like the US economy and people losing thier jops.Then there is the International scene.

I'd rather the people on capital hill did not worry about the economy or people losing jobs because they'll make things worse.

Here's the patient in question

Now I need to read all that mumbo jumbo.

This will be debated in court for years before anything will be found out. You can petition your congress man all you want, but I do not think it will change any outlooks on it. He/She can help write up laws to get passed to protect but with no governing laws in place right now the judicial branch (court) will have the final say. As they interpret it. So it may get thrown out or found in violation.