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Originally posted by Pleasurepays
i think the more attention, the better. personally, i believe that putting mainstream companies on the spot like AOL, Microsoft, Apple, Real Networks and all the others and forcing them to take a position on this issue publically will be a very good thing.
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In my crusade to being awareness to these patent abuse issues, I have talked with several mainstream companies...and they are very concerned about companies like Acacia, and have allocated resources (legal minds) to investigate.
I have been sending prior art to multiple defense attorneys, and got feedback that there is some really good stuff that myself and the volunteer prior art searchers have found.
I believe that the major companies like Real, Apple, and Microsoft will not be targeted.. why bite the hand that feeds you?
Acacia has a much better strategy of targeting smaller companies who don't have the resources to fight.
The problem that Acacia will face, besides the mountain of prior art, is that mainstream companies can jump behind a defendant in litigation, and provide them with the defense attorneys and prior art to successfully invalidate the claims.
The battle is not over, and the war against patent abuse is not on the horizon.
Webmasters still need to get involved to fight against what they believe is wrong... apathy and complacency work against unity.
Fight the Couch Potato!