02-09-2003, 03:00 AM
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Executive Editor
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Patent claim threatens streaming industry
The never-ending parade of people holding "I invented this first" signs continues :roll:, and this one could effect Pocket PC users who enjoy watching or listening to streaming content.
"Michael Roe, proprietor of the small RadioIO Webcasting station, got a surprise FedEx package this week, containing a notification that he was violating patents owned by a company he'd never heard of. That's not uncommon in the technology world -- the surprise was the scope of the claims. The sender, a company called Acacia Media Technologies, said it owned patents on the process of transmitting compressed audio or video online, one of the most basic multimedia technologies on the Net.
Roe, who recently finished fighting an expensive legislative battle over copyright fees for the music his station plays, was flabbergasted. Acacia only wanted three-quarters of a percent of his revenue, but every bit hurts at this point, he said. "It's extortion," Roe said. "It's just another example of someone seeking to extend patents for an old technology to...cover completely new technology. It's absurd."
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02-09-2003, 03:05 AM
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Thinker
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Re: Patent claim threatens streaming industry
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Originally Posted by Michael Roe
It's absurd.
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Exactly. Patents are corrupt. There is no interest in intelectual rights (as an inventor) but rather trying to use old and vague patents to claim rights to technological standards. 
Really, I'm surprised it's not Xerox... :wink:
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02-09-2003, 03:19 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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You'll be hearing from my lawyer. I have a patent pending on complaining about stupid lawsuits and patent claims. You'll be paying for my kids' education! :lol:
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02-09-2003, 03:22 AM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
You'll be hearing from my lawyer. I have a patent pending on complaining about stupid lawsuits and patent claims. You'll be paying for my kids' education! :lol:
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Pending patents can't be excercised. Only when a patent is approved and after the approval someone infringes on your patent can you assert your legal rights. Ex post facto. :wink:
EDIT: 2p's, 1o! :lol:
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02-09-2003, 03:26 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by pocketpcdude1024
Pending patents can't be excercised. Only when a patent is aprooved and after the aprooval someone infringes on your patent can you assert your legal rights. Ex post facto. :wink:
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Right, but I expect my approval Tuesday, and I can use the date of the filing, not the approval. 
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02-09-2003, 03:30 AM
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Pontificator
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Yeah, well I patented message board rants, incessant complaining, nit-picking, and over critical analysis. And I will collect license fees from anyone posting similar material! :P
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02-09-2003, 03:32 AM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by Foo Fighter
Yeah, well I patented message board rants, incessant complaining, nit-picking, and over critical analysis. And I will collect license fees from anyone posting similar material! :P
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Would it be too much to ask for the patent number? 8)
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02-09-2003, 03:47 AM
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Pontificator
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Unfortunately this is one company that has done its homework. It has bought up (on the sly) everthing it needs to makes its claim stand up. They appear to genuinely have every patented aspect of streaming within their ownership now. This isn't another 'British Telecom owns hyperlinks' type case.
The only way to stop this one will be to get the laws on patents changed.
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02-09-2003, 03:57 AM
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Thinker
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This patent is definately absurd, but anyway, in US people get money even if they sued people over a cup hot coffee.(look at mcdonalds) :lol:
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02-09-2003, 04:06 AM
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Sage
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I wonder if I could patent the right to sue companies that are infringing on my patent to sue companies that infringe on my patent?
Or maybe I should patent the right to sue companies that threaten to sue companies that are infringing on their patent to sue companies which is really my patent to sue companies so in turn I could sue companies that threaten to sue those companies that infringe on other companies patents which is really my patent... :roll:
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