* Posts by RC72

2 publicly visible posts • joined 24 May 2013

Did Kim Dotcom invent 2-factor authentication? Er, not exactly...

RC72

Re: Oh come on...

Kimble? Schmitz, you mean...It's the name on the patent, anyway.

RC72

Some juicy details...

Dotcom claims: "I never sued them. I believe in sharing knowledge & ideas for the good of society. But I might sue them now 'cause of what the US did to me."

Except that the filings in the opposition procedure at the European Patent Office say otherwise. In particular, in a letter from his European patent attorney, dated January 22 2010 and available through https://register.epo.org/espacenet/application?documentId=EPV3JPRS0966J10&number=EP98100688&lng=en&npl=false , he asks for an acceleration in the proceedings, because (in German):

"Die Patentinhaberin erwägt die gerichtliche Durchsetzung des korrespondierenden US-Patents (US 6 078 908) in den USA."

Translated:

"The patentee is considering the legal enforcement of the corresponding US patent (US 6 078 908) in the USA."

This was almost two years before his arrest...He isn't just a leech and a patent troll, he's also a very bad liar indeed...