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Originally posted by FightThisPatent
1) Not sure about this since I have reports of australian webmasters also receiving notices. I don't know if UK Patents extend to Australia automatically or not, but since the australian webmaster got their packet, I can only assume that they think they have a case (or were just really stupid in mailing out packets to anywhere in the world).
2) If you take down video, it only stops the clock for infringement. They technically could go after you for prior infringement.
Check to see if Australia has their own Patent Office, or if they just latch on to UK.... Acacia does have UK patents.
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Thanks for your opinion, I did a little checking:
Australia does have it's own patent office
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/ip/patents.shtml
Also states patents are NOT world wide
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/patent...al_index.shtml
Though in research I came across the following snipet that could explain something:
"The United States Patent Act makes it any infringement to import into the United States the product of an infringing process, even if the process takes place outside the United States. Although there is no reported case directly on point, it is believed that if data is processed offshore and the results of the processing are transmitted into the United States, this ?importation? of the resultant data may be patent infringement if the process is protected by patent in the United States. Thus, an Australian bank may infringe a United States patent by transmitting data into the United States to an Australian customer doing Internet banking while on vacation in the United States."
My novice interpretaion is that even if you are an Australian company and have servers offshore by allowing US customers use of the site you are technically infringing. It does state though "no reported cases based on the above".
What do you think.
Guess it's time to contact an Australian patent lawyer or sign the contract pay 1st year then drop videos and tell arcaia to shove their patent as I no longer use video or audio, would that be ok?
Thanks again.