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Originally posted by rebel23
I just hope FTP/IMPA see the thread, I know people are bored with the whole Acacia issue at the moment 
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Ya, i have been tracking those stories... the problem is not the $1,000 filing fee, the problem is having the money to pay for patent attornies to gather and present prior art to the examiners.
The usual hold time is 3-6 months from the filing of a petition request... this Eolas case got turned around in 1 week to get the USPTO to look at it... due to public outcry.
Yes, public outcry does work... some great folks have volunteered their time and efforts to FTP to write up PR statements that we are going to be targeting mainstream to get attention to the issue very soon.
Press Release is written and is in final edits.... hopefully with all the recent news about various patent cases, that media outlets will be more tuned to running more stories about patents.
So where's the money to fund a re-examination request?
-The Defendant's money are all tied up in their litigation.
-IMPA doesn't have the money since webmasters are not flocking to join and support...
-Fight the Patent Foundation is but an abstract idea (as evident by the pledge count)
-I have only just begun studying Patent Law in my goals to take the Patent Exam so that I can participate directly with USPTO in invalidating patents....
I think it's great that more and more webmasters are:
1) learning about Acacia
2) taking it seriously
3) paying attention
My motto for FightThePatent.com is:
Get informed, Get Mad, Get Active. Fight the Patent!
I think we have the "get informed" part covered with all my posts and all the other webmasters contributing their thoughts.
Given the colorful language used in posts, i know the "get mad" part is there...
So now we are left with "get active".... that means doing something.. not talking about it.
You have 4 choices:
1) give to the Defense Fund to help the defendants pay the attorney bills
2) become a member of IMPA
3) pledge to Fight the Patent Foundation and if enough webmasters pledge to reach the goal, then you will see some action.
4) do nothing
Fight the Number 4!