La EFF pública su lista negra
Estas serán las patentes que intentarán anular:
The EFF said all 10 patents are in some way illegitimate and are being used to limit free expression.
The 10 patents, in order of importance to the EFF, are:
1. Acacia Technologies' digital media transmission patent, which the company defines as covering "the transmission and receipt of digital content via the Internet, cable, satellite and other means." The EFF is worried that Acacia, which has already sued several large communications companies, is unfairly targeting small audio- and video-streaming websites.
2. Clear Channel's Instant Live patent, which covers technology used to produce instant recordings of live concerts. The media giant recently bought the patent and is now going after artists who choose to give fans CDs of their shows.
3. Acceris Communication's voice over IP technology patent.
4. Sheldon Goldberg's patents covering online gaming and real-time ladder rankings. Goldberg's attorney has sent a series of cease-and-desist letters to small gaming websites.
5. Ideaflood's personalized subdomains patent. Ideaflood may try to go after LiveJournal members, as well as others using subdomain addresses.
6. NeoMedia Technologies' patent that claims to control methods for accessing computers based on identification codes, such as bar codes. Already, NeoMedia has sued three developing companies for infringement.
7. Test Central's Internet test-making technology patent. The EFF is afraid Test Central will use its patent to scare off distance-learning organizations. Indeed, the company has already contacted several institutions, including some universities.
8. Nintendo's video-game emulator patent. The entertainment powerhouse has patented the technology for emulating its old games
9. Firepond's patent covering automatic message-interpretation and routing systems. This patent would effectively control the technology that allows consumers to call companies and have their calls routed based on a spoken command.
10. Seer Systems' patent covering the generation, distribution, storing and performing of musical work files. The company claims control over a method of compiling music files as single files for distribution over the Internet, the EFF said, and is targeting small developers of technology for creating music and sound.
Now that the EFF has selected the patents it will challenge the organization will collect data it can use to demonstrate to the Patent Office that it should re-examine each case.
According to Phil Mann, a Seattle patent attorney with 21 years of experience, the re-examination process is designed to give the public a method to oppose patents.
"It allows members of the public to ask that the patent be examined once again in light of new information," said Mann, "in the hope that the Patent Office will say, 'Oh, we made a mistake. That patent should not have been granted in the first place.'"
ACTUALIZACIÓN: Articulo de slashdot
The EFF said all 10 patents are in some way illegitimate and are being used to limit free expression.
The 10 patents, in order of importance to the EFF, are:
1. Acacia Technologies' digital media transmission patent, which the company defines as covering "the transmission and receipt of digital content via the Internet, cable, satellite and other means." The EFF is worried that Acacia, which has already sued several large communications companies, is unfairly targeting small audio- and video-streaming websites.
2. Clear Channel's Instant Live patent, which covers technology used to produce instant recordings of live concerts. The media giant recently bought the patent and is now going after artists who choose to give fans CDs of their shows.
3. Acceris Communication's voice over IP technology patent.
4. Sheldon Goldberg's patents covering online gaming and real-time ladder rankings. Goldberg's attorney has sent a series of cease-and-desist letters to small gaming websites.
5. Ideaflood's personalized subdomains patent. Ideaflood may try to go after LiveJournal members, as well as others using subdomain addresses.
6. NeoMedia Technologies' patent that claims to control methods for accessing computers based on identification codes, such as bar codes. Already, NeoMedia has sued three developing companies for infringement.
7. Test Central's Internet test-making technology patent. The EFF is afraid Test Central will use its patent to scare off distance-learning organizations. Indeed, the company has already contacted several institutions, including some universities.
8. Nintendo's video-game emulator patent. The entertainment powerhouse has patented the technology for emulating its old games
9. Firepond's patent covering automatic message-interpretation and routing systems. This patent would effectively control the technology that allows consumers to call companies and have their calls routed based on a spoken command.
10. Seer Systems' patent covering the generation, distribution, storing and performing of musical work files. The company claims control over a method of compiling music files as single files for distribution over the Internet, the EFF said, and is targeting small developers of technology for creating music and sound.
Now that the EFF has selected the patents it will challenge the organization will collect data it can use to demonstrate to the Patent Office that it should re-examine each case.
According to Phil Mann, a Seattle patent attorney with 21 years of experience, the re-examination process is designed to give the public a method to oppose patents.
"It allows members of the public to ask that the patent be examined once again in light of new information," said Mann, "in the hope that the Patent Office will say, 'Oh, we made a mistake. That patent should not have been granted in the first place.'"
ACTUALIZACIÓN: Articulo de slashdot
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