Hi, I guess it's worthwhile to see how Earthlink's prior art defense (e.g., http://news.com.com/2010-1032_3-1003921.html) will hold up. I wouldn't write off this concept, yet. I've seen these kind of thing pop up and eventually die more than once (but, certainly, sometimes "sofware" patents turn out to be legit.)
Best Regards Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Burzin Sumariwalla Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 04:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spam Lion Functionality I didn't know that concept was patented. It seems pretty old to me-- halt who goes there? Anyway I did some research, and here's what I found: Here are some links... read if you are interested: http://www.cleanmymailbox.com/mailblocks.html-- links to patent infringement issue http://www.geocities.com/spamresources/filter-cr.htm Burzin At 02:29 PM 12/5/2003, you wrote: >But, the ultimate challenge is the patent. That means that it would >require either [1] paying royalties to the guy that bought the patent, or >[2] challenging the patent. We haven't yet found enough benefit from such >a test to warrant estimating those costs, given that they are likely to be >much higher than for any other spam test we've added. > > -Scott ------ Burzin Sumariwalla Phone: (314) 994-9411 x291 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: (314) 997-7615 Pager: (314) 407-3345 Networking and Telecommunications Manager Information Technology Services St. Louis County Library District 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63131 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
