Wednesday, March 28, 2018

October 2008 post "Goodbye dating patents." via PlentyOfFish blog



https://web.archive.org/web/20110628025256/http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/goodbye-dating-patents/

Match CEO Downplays Intimidation Accusations in Bumble Brawl (via Bloomberg)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/03/match-ceo-downplays-intimidation.html

When Match Group (fka IAC Personals) bought OKCupid (7 years ago) for an astronomical amount of money, the OKCupid team had the task to copycat Badoo, but they failed in that mission.
IAC / Match Group "acquired" HatchLabs to "develop" Tinder copycat of Badoo.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110608233059/https://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/okcupid-acquistion-was-50-million-40-million-earn-out/

http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2011/07/match-wants-facebook-profiles-and-how/

A patent issue from 2007 ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/01/a-patent-issue-from-2007.html

Patents for the Online Dating Industry
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/patents-for-online-dating-industry.html


Knowledge-based companies always need intangible-assets to show in their balances as part of their valuation. (Many investors / investment rules require it) although some of those online dating and social networking patents could be in the category of "bogus patents"
One of the old tricks to make_up a balance sheet is to appreciate intangible assets.
They had patented each and every stupidity they thought (in USA), and now it seems the patenting era had reached an end.



Even Badoo bought HotORNot for USD 20 Million
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2014/06/hotornot-relaunch-it-shows-users-attractive-people-near-them.html


Match Group Is Defending Itself In A Patent Lawsuit Filed In January By PersonalWeb Technologies
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2018/03/match-group-is-defending-itself-in-a-patent-lawsuit-filed-in-january-by-personalweb-technologies.html
a case of bogus patents as
Personal Web Technologies, LLC et al v. Match Group, LLC et al

https://insight.rpxcorp.com/lit/dedce-64337-personal-web-technologies-v-match-group
https://insight.rpxcorp.com/litigation_documents/12779752


 
Perhaps Russians from Badoo hacked / will hack Match Group to demonstrate they used to create / they create fake profiles from inside to entice customers to subscribe.
To incinerate Match Group ala AshleyMadison case via a new "Impact Team" case?

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/03/tinders-parent-company-match-group-is.html


LAWSUIT Chad Perkins et al. v. Match Group Inc. et al., case number 1:17-cv-2988
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/lawsuit-chad-perkins-et-al-v-match.html 

Male model forced to hire DETECTIVE to track fraudsters using his pics to date 40 women
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/07/male-model-forced-to-hire-detective-to.html

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