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Originally posted by BigFish
If it's going to take more than a couple of years to fight acacia, then what's the purpose of homegrown fighting it? Doesn't the DMT patent expire in 2011 anyways?
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It may not take a couple of years....depends on the quality of the prior art evidence.
I chatted with eBay today, they lost their patent dispute against MercExchange. I found some prior art that might be helpful, but it's too late for the particular case they are appealing.
Given the quality of leads that I have been finding and what the defendant's attorneys are finding, the case may be shorter than "a couple of years".
The purpose of fighting the patent is to go against the alternative.. PAYING them for the next 8 years.
Well look at this:
http://www.acaciatechnologies.com/te...t_adultent.htm
Adult Entertainment has their own special heading on their website for targets.
If Acacia had lots and lots of money in the bank, they should be litigating many more lawsuits than the less than 2 dozen. Who knows, maybe they will...and then when you get handed a licensing packet, you can make the decision to pay license fees until 2011 or fight the patent.
If you have been reading up at my website, you will notice that Acacia is not the only company with patents on audio/video downloads.
Fight the Patent!