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basschick · 10-25-2003, 12:33 PM

if the acacia patent was to be considered legit, still it is up to a court or representatives of a court to determine exactly what the patent did or didn't cover. acacia's claim is their patent is EXTREMELY broad, covering everything vaguely relating to streaming.

if their patents were upheld fully, they would not be guilty of extortion, nor is one letter harrassment.

showing the powers that be that the patents cannot exist in this wide a scope is very important, imo. having those patents either discredited, or more likely, fine-tuned so that there they cover clear smaller areas is the thing here as i see it.

the person to do this would be a patent attorney. and there is no reason a second organization of webmasters cannot work with the first (impa). but if they were to do so, maybe they would all need a say on what attorney, what publicist, and what tack would be taken.

impa is doing great work as far as i know, but the point is that i don't know that far. is the attorney they have chosen the best for this case? does he have extreme knowledge of patents and how they work, with strong secondary knowledge of the internet? what is his experience in these areas? same question about the publicist - i haven't seen much about this fight, and i've read about publicists that really get things noticed.

seems like this would be good stuff to know before deciding whether you want to support an org with a program of action in this area.

10-25-2003, 12:33 PM
basschick Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: el lay, ca usa Posts: 2,540	if the acacia patent was to be considered legit, still it is up to a court or representatives of a court to determine exactly what the patent did or didn't cover. acacia's claim is their patent is EXTREMELY broad, covering everything vaguely relating to streaming. if their patents were upheld fully, they would not be guilty of extortion, nor is one letter harrassment. showing the powers that be that the patents cannot exist in this wide a scope is very important, imo. having those patents either discredited, or more likely, fine-tuned so that there they cover clear smaller areas is the thing here as i see it. the person to do this would be a patent attorney. and there is no reason a second organization of webmasters cannot work with the first (impa). but if they were to do so, maybe they would all need a say on what attorney, what publicist, and what tack would be taken. impa is doing great work as far as i know, but the point is that i don't know that far. is the attorney they have chosen the best for this case? does he have extreme knowledge of patents and how they work, with strong secondary knowledge of the internet? what is his experience in these areas? same question about the publicist - i haven't seen much about this fight, and i've read about publicists that really get things noticed. seems like this would be good stuff to know before deciding whether you want to support an org with a program of action in this area. __________________ Got Gay and For Women Traffic?