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Originally posted by latinasojourn
"They don't have the staff or the money to deal with a jury trial in a million different jurisdictions. They are at our mercy to cave in to a threatening letter. Considering that they didn't have the resources to even verify if a site had video, it's obvious they are desperate."
RiverRat has analyzed it very succintly.
Don't ignore the lawsuit. Make them prove their case to a jury in your locality. Do NOT take a default judgment. See them in the courtroom, belly-to-belly.
You are MUCH stronger than you realize. Remember, everyone in the jury will have seen video streamed to their computer on the internet. They WILL wonder why you are being called an infringer by this outsider company who doesn't have the balls to take on microsoft. All juries will have college kids in the jury pool---who have computers, and have seen video streamed online.
Acacia does not stand a chance in front of a jury. Not a chance!
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Very good insight!
Don't forget that the onus is on Acacia to prove how long you had video so as to apply damages.
I'm sure jurors will exist that watch CNN clips online etc. and will think it odd that a company who hasn't created and developed the technology wants the internet to pay them for the process patent they possess. Remember the results from Acacias V-Chip patent... this will come to play in a courtroom.