EarthComber Sues Loopt And TechCrunch Over Its Patent. They May Have A Case

Earthcomber owns the patent for ‘System and method for locating and notifying a user of a person, place or thing having attributes matching thr user’s stated preferences’
The patent is legit and Loopt should be worried. TechCrunch is merely a partner in Loopt’s new ‘Featured Communites’ section that lets you find other TechCrunch readers, so they need no worry.
Arrington is not happy about the pbulicity stunt from Earthcomber CEO James Brady who just wanted to ‘get mike’s attention’.
The link to the patent is here.

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