Finally We Get to Read the Mobility Assets Sale Agreement with Darl McBride

“Darl’s purchase of the mobility assets was all done pretty much
in the dark. We, the public were told one thing in advance, but
something else after the fact. But now we get to see the final
agreement.

“Darl and Me Inc Holdings LLC, Darl’s LLC, got not only the
copyrights but a patent application as well, including rights to
sue for any past infringement. The patent is entitled “Systems and
Methods for Providing Distributed Applications and Services for
Intelligent Mobile Devices,” and the application was filed in 2006,
#11/533347. We were told in advance of the sale that this patent
application was excluded, but then he got it anyway.

“What was SCO thinking, I was asking myself as I read the
agreement? I could just see it: “Darl sues Google’s Android”. Why
not? Everyone else and his dog is. Of course there’s some prior art
on that method of making fast, easy money. Seriously, though, if
you check the transaction history for this patent application with
the USPTO’s PAIR system, what you learn is fascinatingly
funny.”

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