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  • morecash
    Registered User
    • Nov 2002
    • 50

    #1

    Acacia on front page of cnn

    No mention of the current lawsuits?


    http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/biztech....ap/index.html
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  • David!
    By the wrath of Agamemnon
    • Apr 2004
    • 6501

    #2
    Clear Channel bought the so-called Instant Live patent two months ago. It plans to charge an "extremely small" licensing fee -- $1 per event in some cases -- to artists who want to distribute freshly minted CDs after their concerts.

    Now talk about a bullshit patent
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    • BrettJ
      ol' timer
      • Jan 2001
      • 4715

      #3
      seems like cnn left out a lot of the parts to this puzzle.

      i'll bet we see a sleugh of press releases and some follow up pieces over the next week

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      • Mr.Fiction
        Confirmed User
        • Feb 2002
        • 9484

        #4
        Acacia are very good at public relations - in fact, that's what they do best.

        The defense group sucks at public relations outside of the adult industry. The defense group will probably win in court, but they almost always lose the battle of the press release.

        In the end, good press releases cannot save Acacia's patent.
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        • morecash
          Registered User
          • Nov 2002
          • 50

          #5
          Now talk about a bullshit patent
          Ya, what the fuck is that all about?
          $1 to press the record button!!!!
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          • David!
            By the wrath of Agamemnon
            • Apr 2004
            • 6501

            #6
            Originally posted by morecash
            Ya, what the fuck is that all about?
            $1 to press the record button!!!!
            It's not even about paying only $1
            It's how can the Patent Office even give such a bullshit patent?
            I'm gonna asl for the patent on pressing the "Submit Reply" button
            .

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            • ZanyCash Larry
              Confirmed User
              • Jun 2004
              • 1057

              #7
              Acacia will be defeated

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              • Rochard
                Jägermeister Test Pilot
                • Dec 2001
                • 75733

                #8
                Did you read this part about Microsoft?

                "Greg Aharonian, publisher of the Internet Patent News Service and founder of www.bustpatents.com, questions the validity of a patent granted to Microsoft Corp. in June covering the use of the human body to transmit power and data, or as an "intrabody communications" network."
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                Brooklyn, NY

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                • Spunky
                  I need a beer
                  • Jun 2002
                  • 133978

                  #9
                  One step closer to the end...just need one more twist of the knife to finish it off.

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                  • Drake
                    Hello world!
                    • Mar 2003
                    • 12508

                    #10
                    The article is actually scary. It basically says bogus patents are easy to obtain and it's expensive and time consuming to strike them down.

                    Of 7 million patents only 614 have ever been found invalid.

                    Certainly hope Acacia will be 615.

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