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Originally posted by FightThisPatent
Europe is not excempt from Acacia...
Look at their international patents:
http://www.acaciatechnologies.com/patents.htm
If you are in Europe and don't see your country listed, then I am sure you will be covered by EU unity, that does make you applicable to their patent claims.
I know webmasters in Finland, Denmark, and Germany have received letters from Acacia.
In the 3Q conference call, a shareholder asked if they were going to expand into Europe, and they said YES!
I think they wanted to get some licenses under their belt so they could convince IP firms in countries to take up their case.. sharing in the license fees instead of having to pay them to do the work.
It;s coming to Europe...stay tuned...
Fight the Patent!
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Acacia will never be able to win in most European Countries since they don't allow software or process patents. If they would claim it is a technical innovation they would fail since the computer and network are older innovations and this "new" innovation is completly based on those. Even if they would start processing against webmasters in Europe they would have much harder time trying to convince the courts since the legal system is much more protective of consumers in Europe.
I know that they won't be able to touch webmasters that live and host in Sweden.
So GO FUCK YOURSELF Acacia.