▲ Band
Last Sunday, on 16th December, one
of social network application named ‘Band’ by NHN has been disputed. Band is a
mobile social network service launched in August, people share their news and
photos with who are invited as a member of the group. It is a new and advanced concept of mobiled community service.
With these convenient features, Korea
National Open University and NHN had a business agreement to use of Band as a communication
channel between professors and students. It is also useful to organize groups
and make plans between lots of people.
But NHN has disputed by UDID, a mobile application
development company last 16th. UDID claims that they already have filed patent
of ‘Method and Recording Medium of setup the relationship based on group for
Social Network Service’ last August.
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| ▲ UDID patent on WGA |
This is 'Business Method Patent'. BM
patent is a class of patents which disclose and claim new methods of doing
business and it became important assets for both independent inventors
and major corporations.
BM Patent had some issues because of its
vague range of judgement, it is hard to predict the outcome of UDID’s patent infringement
suit against NHN.
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