The European Parliament recently voted to invalidate business method patents. Which [correct me if I'm wrong] means that Acacia's patents will no longer be valid in the EU.
Here's a quote from the official EU web site:
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... inventions involving computer programs which implement business, mathematical or other methods and do not produce any technical effects beyond the normal physical interactions between a program and the computer, network or other programmable apparatus in which it is run should not be patentable.
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http://www2.europarl.eu.int/omk/sipa...NAV=S#SECTION2
So to evade Acacia's royalty fees all you need to do is transfer all of your video-related assets to an EU company and do your processing and hosting in the EU. There is however one potential catch... It will probably take a year or more before the relevant legislation becomes law and there's a slight possibility that it will never become law. So it would be prudent to choose EU jurisdictions where Acacia does not presently hold patents.
Please discuss
