calvin ayre challenges patent troll to fight for bodog name and $1mill
 

More proof that Calvin Ayre is the coolest ceo on the planet: he has put an open challenge to Scott Lewis (the patent troll) for an MMA style fight. He said he'd put up $1,000,000 and the rights to the Bodog name in a blog entry at CalvinAyre.com.

Please go and digg this so it gets attention, maybe picked up elsewhere, and MAYBE we'll get to see Calvin Ayre in the ring settling this [censored] the old fashioned way [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

http://digg.com/world_news/Calvin_Ay...or_Bodog_Brand

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now that´s professional

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now that´s gangsta

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fyp

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Who's the bigger douche?

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I think he's awesome.

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Wow, that is pretty baller.

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That is pretty ballsy but what is their beef with each other, the article did not specify except something about extortion and that could be a number of things, anyone know?

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The man is a grandstanding bonehead. The patent troll has got him thoroughly thrashed in the US courts. Why then, would he bother to fight him for it?

Now if he was offering double or quits, and put the money in escrow in a US bank, he might get a taker. Otherwise, why would patent guy bother? He's already won it.

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seriously hes balling out of control, what a cool guy

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rename to gobobodog poker

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That is AWESOME!!!!

Makes me want to play bodog [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Calvon Ayre knows how to settle business [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Holla?

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GOOOOOOOOOO Calvin!

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Kinda cool, but this reeks of "I'm gonna lose, but I'll make you look like a pussy in the process."

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"I'm gonna lose, but I'll make you look like a pussy in the process."

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GOOOOOOOOOO Calvin!

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Am I the only person to think this is really really stupid?


This is Donald Trump stupid.

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This is Donald Trump smart.

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For Calvin, any PR is good PR, especially when he has a new domain name to promote.

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Wow, that is pretty baller.

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Go Bodog.com.... I mean bodoglife.com

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"and I win simply by having the opportunity to give you a [censored] good face pounding."

I'm pretty sure I love this guy

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Now if he was offering double or quits, and put the money in escrow in a US bank, he might get a taker. Otherwise, why would patent guy bother? He's already won it.

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On re-reading, I see that he is offering an extra million or so. Which may or may not be balla, depending on how much the patent troll's suit was for. If he already owes patent guy ten million, then it's not balla. If he owes patent guy 500,000, then it's balla.

Still moronic though. Patent guy's won. Bodog lost. We've got your web site, and any money you try to put on US soil eventually comes straight to us. How is that *not* winning?

It's like me saying to sbrugby -- OK, you might be able to beat me at cards, but I could still kick the [censored] out of you. Who cares?

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Why was the bodog name copyright infringement anyway, hadnt the company been set up for years?

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Although I think what Lewis did was pretty low, this is just a cheap publicity stunt on Ayre's part.

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1 mil fight yo

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Why was the bodog name copyright infringement anyway, hadnt the company been set up for years?

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It was patent infringement rather than copyright infringement. Presumably, the people who sued them had a patent on some part of the software that they use to run their website. In most parts of the world, you can't patent software -- its seen as akin to trying to patent a mathematical algorithm -- but in the USA, you have all these trolls who have been patenting all manner of nonsense. Some of it trivial, some of it already existing in prior art, etc. etc. Then they lie in wait until someone builds a business that uses something similar, and when they are making a lot of money, they sue and settle for licensing fees.

In this case, they sued, IIRC, Bodog didn't show in court, so the troll was awarded the win. But because they've got no assets in the USA, the troll went for what they could get their hands on -- ie. the domain name.

If I were the patent troll, I'd do double or quits. Your patent name back plus my two million vs. your two million for the winner of a 25,000 word thesis shoot-out on contract law -- written under exam conditions.

Lets see how big his cojones are then. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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It's like me saying to sbrugby -- OK, you might be able to beat me at cards, but I could still kick the [censored] out of you. Who cares?

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I don't know man, he used to play rugby..

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It was patent infringement rather than copyright infringement. Presumably, the people who sued them had a patent on some part of the software that they use to run their website. In most parts of the world, you can't patent software -- its seen as akin to trying to patent a mathematical algorithm -- but in the USA, you have all these trolls who have been patenting all manner of nonsense. Some of it trivial, some of it already existing in prior art, etc. etc. Then they lie in wait until someone builds a business that uses something similar, and when they are making a lot of money, they sue and settle for licensing fees.


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Isn't this pretty much the same thing Blackberry went through? They were sued based on a patent that specified a process or how the e-mail servers were set-up.

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What a bad ass.

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Isn't this pretty much the same thing Blackberry went through? They were sued based on a patent that specified a process or how the e-mail servers were set-up.

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Yeah, exactly. You've got these companies that do nothing that buy up weird little patents for peanuts, just on the off-chance that a few of them would hit. When it does, they find IP lawyers to take the case on a contingency basis and split the winnings. Even if the case is winnable, many firms will settle because the cost of settling is usually less than fighting and winning the case. In IBM vs SCO, it's estimated that SCO have burned through way over $10m dollars in legal costs and they haven't even got to trial yet.

Also: I didn't really mean I could kick sbrugby's ass. I have no doubt he could kick my ass at poker and at fisticuffs. I was just making a comparison regarding how pathetic such people sound.

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"...coolest ceo..."

I lol'd

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"and I win simply by having the opportunity to give you a [censored] good face pounding."

I'm pretty sure I love this guy

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Another person puffing themselves up behind a keyboard knowing that his threats of violence are beyond empty? Yeah, whata guy.

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calvin ayre always struck me as more "giant attention whoring douche who no one should care about" than "everyones favorite ceo".

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Direct link to the whole entry on his blog-

http://www.calvinayrelife.com/hog-he...roll-hell.html

this guy is the [censored] man

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calvin ayre always struck me as more "giant attention whoring douche who no one should care about" than "everyones favorite ceo".

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He is Hugh Hefner without the class, brains and business acumen.

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I can't get over all the Ayre balllicking in this thread. Guy's a moron.

The patent troll is laughing in his face right about now.

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Didn't LINUX go through this and win?

If this is different, please explain. Short of not showing up in court, but you can't blame him for not wanting to be arrested.

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More proof that Calvin Ayre is the coolest ceo on the planet: he has put an open challenge to Scott Lewis (the patent troll) for an MMA style fight. He said he'd put up $1,000,000 and the rights to the Bodog name in a blog entry at CalvinAyre.com.

Please go and digg this so it gets attention, maybe picked up elsewhere, and MAYBE we'll get to see Calvin Ayre in the ring settling this [censored] the old fashioned way [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

http://digg.com/world_news/Calvin_Ay...or_Bodog_Brand

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since he doesn't own bodog.com, not really that ballsy.