what was the final resolution on Acacia issue?

Far-L · 05-02-2006

We are still fighting them but it has been a lot easier for us since the mainstream big media co.s were pulled into the same court, same judge - who now has ruled against them twice in the "markmen hearing" phase of the process. As a result Acacia has had to back off of one of their major claims which means all the subsequent claims based on that one are untenable positions.

They will appeal of course just because they are idiots that way but looks like we will all be out on non-infringement before anyone can say "Ron Levy dropped his pants for Acacia".

This means all the "smart business decision" companies that settled will be paying still for 20 more years or so.

05-02-2006	#16
Far-L Members Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 269	Re: what was the final resolution on Acacia issue? We are still fighting them but it has been a lot easier for us since the mainstream big media co.s were pulled into the same court, same judge - who now has ruled against them twice in the "markmen hearing" phase of the process. As a result Acacia has had to back off of one of their major claims which means all the subsequent claims based on that one are untenable positions. They will appeal of course just because they are idiots that way but looks like we will all be out on non-infringement before anyone can say "Ron Levy dropped his pants for Acacia". This means all the "smart business decision" companies that settled will be paying still for 20 more years or so.

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