That is terrible Andrea, and not at all off topic - it is one of the reasons we have OSGeo as as software foundation. I also really respect the open innovation network and their approach.
While I have built a couple systems as you describe they were after to 2000 date. -- Jody Garnett On 8 April 2016 at 06:09, andrea antonello <andrea.antone...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > this might be slightly off-topic (I think not). > > In a couple of companies a few years ago we developed a fleet tracking > software all based on open source software. > The mobile android part is basically a customization of geopaparazzi, the > server side base on the usual open webmapping stuff (bare with me on this > oversemplification). > > The project had some internal issues and we never really came to an > official release, even if the website went online to be used for commercial > purposes. > > A few weeks ago we were contacted by one of those "innovating" companies > that do nothing else than buying patents and search project from which they > can gather money. > > Needless to say that our project has been targeted. > > HydroloGIS, our company, is part of the Open Invention Network, so we > first asked them for support. It is obvious that a small company as ours > gets scared quickly from a letter claiming patent infringement and possible > litigations. > > We are now trying to document the (very superficial) claims we got (like > having a map - Openstreetmap - visualized on a device), as OIN suggested us > to. One more thing we have been asked, is to gather as many articles, > scientific or not, that deal with what the patent claims and that might be > dated before the patent's date (patent has been filed in 09/2000 and > granted in 11/2007). > > I know it is a long shot, but maybe some of you have already had to do > with this and might be able to help, send some references. > For reference the patents are: > US 6754580 B1 > EP 1218697 B1 > > Basically it is a system to track vehicles made up of a client (mobile > device) and a server application. > If you have papers, articles, anything related to that at hand, please let > me know. > > Thanks for any help, > Cheers, > Andrea > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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