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Flow · 07-29-2003, 07:31 PM

I think it was a great and very informative show. I learned a lot from that show.

For you guys that say it is a bunch of propoganda on their part, you really need to do some research on this subject. I have read my ass off on the subject and pretty much EVERYTHING the guy says has legal merit and is supported by the patent laws and documents that I have read (including Part 35 of the USC)

I have said many times the ONLY way around this is going to be to present prior art to invalidate the patent. And as he says in the interview, if you sign an agreement and the patent is invalidated (and this will take years if it can be done) you can stop payment to the immediately.

He hit it dead on when he was talking about legal fees. If you infringe on a patent and you are taken to court, you can be assested up to 3 times the damages plus all of the court costs if you lose. To fight that would cost a shit load of money.

I am not taking sides here on this one, but I think before people start spatting shit out about stuff they don't know about they should read up on the subject. If you want to read some good stuff about it and educate yourself do some searches in Yahoo or Google for these keywords: US Patent Law, Patent Extortion, Patent Infringement, etc....

Flow

07-29-2003, 07:31 PM
Flow Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 518	I think it was a great and very informative show. I learned a lot from that show. For you guys that say it is a bunch of propoganda on their part, you really need to do some research on this subject. I have read my ass off on the subject and pretty much EVERYTHING the guy says has legal merit and is supported by the patent laws and documents that I have read (including Part 35 of the USC) I have said many times the ONLY way around this is going to be to present prior art to invalidate the patent. And as he says in the interview, if you sign an agreement and the patent is invalidated (and this will take years if it can be done) you can stop payment to the immediately. He hit it dead on when he was talking about legal fees. If you infringe on a patent and you are taken to court, you can be assested up to 3 times the damages plus all of the court costs if you lose. To fight that would cost a shit load of money. I am not taking sides here on this one, but I think before people start spatting shit out about stuff they don't know about they should read up on the subject. If you want to read some good stuff about it and educate yourself do some searches in Yahoo or Google for these keywords: US Patent Law, Patent Extortion, Patent Infringement, etc.... Flow