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One Laptop Per Child Sued for Patent Infringement. Predict the outcome...
will101 ( Score Rank: #3 based on predictions in the last 30 days ) will101  |  closed on 01-Feb-2008 (219 days ago)
This non-profit project is sued by a Massachusetts company for patent infringement, charging the project with stealing its designs for a multilingual keyboard. The OLPC has bumped into lots of roadblocks in the past year or so. What will the outcome of this court case be?
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  1. will101 will101 207 days ago
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    OLPC failed to get the case dismissed.
    http://www.gearlog.com/2008/02/nigeri...

    So, looks like it will go to court after all.
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  2. jj22 jj22 247 days ago
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    predicted: [ Most Likely ] [ 69% ] OLPC wins the case.
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    ye nice way to get some noise let's get this outta way so the project can get some stuff done
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  3. MasterMind MasterMind 282 days ago
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    predicted: [ Most Likely ] [ 86% ] settlement
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    I agree that a settlement is the most likely outcome.
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  4. Woooper Woooper 283 days ago
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    predicted: [ Most Likely ] [ 55% ] settlement
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    what is the point for suing a non-profit? for news exposure!
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  5. will101 will101 283 days ago
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    I love this "give one get one" program a lot. If you wanna buy a computer for your kids, you might want to consider this laptop:
    http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index....
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  6. will101 will101 283 days ago
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    predicted: [ Most Likely ] [ 55% ] OLPC wins the case.
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    I suppose OLPC didn't really steal the keyboard design. No point in adding more trouble to the already difficult project.
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