Seriously, I think this is just pure bogus, EverQuest existed way before this HereMe company did, they have NO right to add Sony on this very list nor the other older companies.
It's like the similar thing that happened with Nintendo as well when it came to the Wiimotes, in all honestly I rather see this Paltalk dude lose the lawsuit but if he wins it, then I have reason to believe the system has really gone corrupt.
Edited, Sep 19th 2009 6:44am by RelytEverknight
Blizzard, Turbine, Sony, NCsoft Named in Lawsuit
According to a Boston Globe article, Paltalk Holdings has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Turbine, Sony Corp., Activision Blizzard, NCsoft and Jagex. Paltalk claims the data-sharing technologies used in MMOs like World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, Everquest, Guild Wars and Runescape violates two patents that Paltalk purchased from a company called HearMe in 2002. The patents cover technologies for sharing data among connected computers so all users see the same digital environment.
Some readers may think Paltalk has no chance of winning this lawsuit. However, Microsoft settled with Paltalk in 2006 by paying an undisclosed sum after Paltalk sued the industry giant for violating these same patent rights in Halo multiplayer features. As the article states, "Microsoft has conceded the validity of Paltalk's patents, making it tougher for Turbine and the other defendants in the current lawsuit to challenge them."
