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Originally posted by latinasojourn
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that may be true. But there is a legal technique called "papering" the opposition. It is my understanding that the relevant acacia patent expires in approx 8 years.
Just Microsoft (not including any other big player) could toy with acacia like a cat playing with a dying mouse for that long.
And, for Bill Gates, half a billion is a bar tab.
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Yes, and papering is a whole nother issue ... not even considering the hundreds, or thousands , or cases they will have to open, serve and appear for. It can be done. DirecTV is suing THOUSANDS right now in Florida... last month alone they filed 300 suits.
Law.com article regarding this
Acacia is not DirectTV.. and DirectTV has a clear cut case... Acacia doesn't. Nine-year-old DirecTV is a division of Hughes Electronics Corp., which in turn is a unit of General Motors. Hughes had 2002 revenues of $8.9 billion