The idea behind this scam is to file suites they fully know they would
loose in court. A messy legal tactic, but
hardly a problem with the U.S. I.P. laws (which are far better than most
others).
Brian Chase wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Bob Shannon wrote:
>
>>Lastly, in business its not generall a good idea to patent something
>>new, unless your about to commercialize it at the same time. A
>>years-old, but otherwise valid patent is very hard to defend if you have
>>not exercised your I.P. rights.
>>
>>It can in effect become an abandon property. Someone later comes along
>>and makes commercial use of it, and they gain a lot of legal advantage
>>should you choose to enforce your disused patent long after the fact.
>> You cannot 'lay in wait' for a patent voilator to become succesful, and
>>then try to grab the gold.
>>
>
>Well... perhaps "in theory" but that doesn't seem to be the case
>in practice. At least it isn't wrt the farcical U.S. IP laws and patent
>process.
>
>http://www.youmaybenext.com/
>
>-> If you own or operate an e-commerce web site then you are us. And
>-> you need to know that a company in San Diego, Pangea Intellectual
>-> Properties (PanIP LLC) is suing companies all across the country.
>-> They claim that if you use graphical and textural information on a
>-> video screen for purposes of making a sale, then you are infringing
>-> on their patent. US Patent No 5,576,951.
>->
>-> And if you accept information to conduct automatic financial
>-> transactions via a telephone line & video screen, you're infringing
>-> on their patent. US Patent No. 6,289,319
>
>-brian.
>
>
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