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Originally posted by - AFN -
How much money is IMPA throwing at this problem?
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IMPA pays some money to prior art search firms to find prior art... the money that pays the attorneys to do the lawyering thing is actually paid from a pool of money from the Defense Fund.
The Defense Fund (Defense Group) is the 11 defendants pulling their money together for a common defense.
Donations/investments into this Fund help to directly offset costs of the legal bills.
The 11 companies (9 of them listed below) are paying out of their pockets..and WHEN they win, they don't get their money back on the expenses.
Video Secrets
Homegrown Video
Lightspeed
ARS
Top Bucks
Gamelink
Ademia
AEBN
Audio Communications
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