Same here Samantha, the patent system is in dire need of overhauling to prevent this kind of tactic.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Samantha Scott Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:12 AM To: radruc2 Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] New Patent that seems to cover every aspect of EDI! Our company got hit with the "website store locator" patent troll. There should be punitive repercussions for these idiots On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:06 AM, radruc2 wrote: > > Here is an interesting article on the subject:How Newegg crushed the > "shopping cart" patent and saved online retailIt's game over for a > patent troll that sued nearly 50 big retailers. > http://goo.gl/gYRb8 > -RD > --- In [email protected], "willbill170" wrote: > > > > > > Is it really OK to paten our way of life & livelihood? > > > > http://www.google.com/patents/US8296461 > > > > > > Data transformation and exchange > > Publication number US8296461 B2 > > Application number 12/187,097 > > Publication date Oct 23, 2012 > > Filing date Aug 6, 2008 > > > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html > > > > Search for: 8296461 > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
