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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 02 2013 @ 03:43 PM EST |
They'll apply for two, not the one:
emailing mp3
emailing
ogg
That way they can ding people for two patents infringed!
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- I correct myself - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 02 2013 @ 04:45 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 02 2013 @ 06:45 PM EST |
The sad thing is that this will go on irrespective of the
quality of the patent until it is invalidated, just on a
"cost of defense" basis. Even when the patent is thrown
out, those who have chosen to pay up will have little or no
legal recourse to get their money back.
And I don't see that the trolls have anything to lose by
pursuing scams like this. At worst, they waste their time
and effort. I'd love to see a judge throwing out these
patents and making these shysters pay damages to everyone
they have hassled, plus some criminal charges for fraud and
racketeering, but we are in a country that takes great pains
to allow deceptive and shady practices, if there is even the
slightest doubt that they could be legal.
IANAL, and I realize there are some pretty glaring
procedural flaws with what I half-jokingly suggest above,
but man are these guys low. People have wound up on the
receiving end of "vigilante justice" for less dishonorable
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