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Far-L · 10-21-2003

Couple of things...

All the people involved in actual suits with Acacia right now chose to fight this because of a well considered business decision.

We don't want to pay their fees because we say the patents are invalid and non applicable. We contend that Acacia has abused the patent process in order to achieve unethical goals.

We are all looking at the long term health of our businesses and our bottom line. We all decided not to pay for something that we should not have to pay. Looking at the business landscape, we knew that there was a rising tide of these types of frivolous patent suits and we decided to draw the line in the sand immediately. Speaking for Homegrown, we are certainly not one of the industry "giants" but for us it was still worth it to fight.

One of the most important contributors to our efforts has been Brandon at FTP. He has been helpful finding prior art and speaking out on the issues involved.

We are really looking forward to our day in court.

10-21-2003	#21
Far-L Members Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 269	Couple of things... All the people involved in actual suits with Acacia right now chose to fight this because of a well considered business decision. We don't want to pay their fees because we say the patents are invalid and non applicable. We contend that Acacia has abused the patent process in order to achieve unethical goals. We are all looking at the long term health of our businesses and our bottom line. We all decided not to pay for something that we should not have to pay. Looking at the business landscape, we knew that there was a rising tide of these types of frivolous patent suits and we decided to draw the line in the sand immediately. Speaking for Homegrown, we are certainly not one of the industry "giants" but for us it was still worth it to fight. One of the most important contributors to our efforts has been Brandon at FTP. He has been helpful finding prior art and speaking out on the issues involved. We are really looking forward to our day in court.