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Theo · 05-14-2012, 01:18 PM

MARSHALL, Texas?The patent is referred to simply as the '078 Patent, also called "Methods and systems for gathering information from units of a commodity across a network." Lodsys, the marauding patent protector?aka troll?has filed a bevy of lawsuits alleging the infringement of '078 Patent by an updated list of companies, including for the first time, five adult ones.

One of six identical lawsuits filed May 10 by East Texas troller The Davis Group names five adult entertainment companies as defendants?GMCI Internet Operations Inc., Playboy Enterprises Inc., RK Netmedia Inc., Score Internet Group and Vouyer Media Inc.?and in the five page complaint names five specific websites operated by each?penthouse.com, playboy.com, realitykings.com, 18eighteen.com and voyeurmedia.com?as infringing "at least claim 1 of the ?078 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271."

rest of the story:

http://business.avn.com/articles/tec...rs-475507.html

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There have been several companies that were contacted by Lodsys last year to license their patents that are not included in this lawsuit. To my knowledge, none of them did it. If you operate a paysite there's high chance you were contacted by them.

05-14-2012, 01:18 PM
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	Lodsys Unloads 078 Patent Lawsuit on Adult Companies, Others MARSHALL, Texas?The patent is referred to simply as the '078 Patent, also called "Methods and systems for gathering information from units of a commodity across a network." Lodsys, the marauding patent protector?aka troll?has filed a bevy of lawsuits alleging the infringement of '078 Patent by an updated list of companies, including for the first time, five adult ones. One of six identical lawsuits filed May 10 by East Texas troller The Davis Group names five adult entertainment companies as defendants?GMCI Internet Operations Inc., Playboy Enterprises Inc., RK Netmedia Inc., Score Internet Group and Vouyer Media Inc.?and in the five page complaint names five specific websites operated by each?penthouse.com, playboy.com, realitykings.com, 18eighteen.com and voyeurmedia.com?as infringing "at least claim 1 of the ?078 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271." rest of the story: http://business.avn.com/articles/tec...rs-475507.html ========= There have been several companies that were contacted by Lodsys last year to license their patents that are not included in this lawsuit. To my knowledge, none of them did it. If you operate a paysite there's high chance you were contacted by them.