Worlds Inc (WDDD)

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Thanks for that post, Louis. In reviewing the ruling, it seems there is a HUGE difference between VRNG and WDDD suits, tho I haven't reviewed the prior art specifically with an eye to "obviousness." Have you? If so, any thoughts?

<<The fundamental flaw in I/P Engine’s argument is
that using an individual user’s search query for filtering
was a technique widely applied in the prior art. Indeed,
the shared specification of the ’420 and ’664 patents
acknowledges that “conventional search engines” filtered
search results using the original search query. See ’420
patent col.2 ll.15-18 (explaining that “conventional search
engines initiate a search in response to an individual
user’s query and use content-based filtering to compare
the query to accessed network informons” (emphasis
added)). Given that its own patents acknowledge that
using the original search query for filtering was a “conventional”
technique, I/P Engine cannot now evade invalidity
by arguing that integrating the query into the
asserted claims obvious.