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Originally posted by FightThePatent@Nov 17 2003, 12:40 PM
Some info concerning patent re-examination request like the one that is being done against the Eolas patent (Microsoft lost in court to Eolas for allowing IE to use embeded programs like Flash). The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has petitioned the USPTO and the USPTO has accepted the request.
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Usually takes 3-6 months after filing to be addressed. Due to public outcry, the request took 1 week and the USPTO Director personally approved the re-exam request!The process could take 6-8 months (or longer) before a final decision is made.
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Since the Acacia hearings aren't even until April, I'm sure we could all live with a 6-8 month delay ... so let's get the movement to reexamine the Acacia patent going ... citing the Eolas precedent.
Btw, here's a fact: The patent office has ordered such re-examinations only 151 times since 1981 and issues about 180,000 patents each year. Came from here:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,525038018,00.htm
As to places to get attention, I'm shocked that so far Tech TV hasn't been contacted ... Screen Savers, Tech Live and Unscrewed should all have had interviews with Spike or someone by now IMHO. So that's one place I would strongly suggest becomes aware of Acacia ... hell, I've seen a million other reports on all of those shows about all the other patent whores, but never Acacia cause no one let's them know.