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Originally posted by Carrie
Okay. So let's say they get the non-infringement judgement.
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If it only covers the defense group and their sites... well, that would certainly be a slap in the face to all of their hardcore supporters. So I hope that's not the case.
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Assuming the judge finds the defendants not infringing to the patent claims because the patent doesn't apply to the internet, then there is still the issue of the other patents that acacia has filed that further defines their patent claims to now include internet.
The question will be that if the defendants are successful in getting non-infringment, would that mean Acacia would come back later with one of their later patents that do address the "internet" part.
It might be a "business decision" to not try and go for invalidation of the patent, due to higher costs and prolonged court time.
Another thing to look at is your point about "hardcore supporters".
I see alot of people cheering the defendants on, but i don't see the matching level of $$ contributions with that cheering.
I don't have access to the numbers given to the IMPA or to the defense group, but I can guess that it's very low.
I know some of donated to the IMPA, but when you add up the dollars, they don't add up to supporting too many hours of attorney time.
As you have seen charly's and Paul Markham's postings about trying to gain financial support for the Defense Group, the offerings from the larger webmasters and from the adult community in general has been lacking.
The big players have basically settled and you would think with their sweetheart deals they could fight behind the scenes with private contributions.. but that's not the case.
On the flipside, IMPA and the Defense Group have not exactly come out to say to the community to contribute money... only people saying to contribute are people like me and paul...and those that had made their own contributions to the fight.
Given my viewpoint, I don't see the adult community seriously backing the defendants...and while having cheers and 'go get'em' posts are great for moral, it doesn't pay the bills.
Fight the Not putting your money where your mouth is!