RTaylor

you can also clck the link to see all the coments of outraged ARStech members
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...imilar-patent/

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Patent owner balks at fee award, cites newly issued—and similar—patent

Changing "consisting" to "comprising" results in a new patent grant.

by Joe Mullin ...

Last year, a small hobbyist photo-sharing website decided to fight back against a lawsuit alleging that it infringed on a bizarre patent covering virtually the entire concept of online voting. The patent-holder plaintiff subsequently dropped the case after a heavy-hitting advocacy organization got involved, but the court has ordered the plaintiff to fork over thousands of dollars in legal fees for its “unreasonable” conduct.
The backstory: Since 2003, a site called BytePhoto.com has been ...

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...hoto-contests/

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Some of you who aren't on Facebook may not have seen me post this.
We were notified by our team of attorneys that the judge who has been assigned our case since September "Garfum vs Reflections by Ruth"
passed away on October 16th after falling and hitting his head in the court parking area on October 14th.
Our condolences to his family and colleagues during this sad time.

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EFF, having won patent fight over photo contests, wants its opponent to pay

Garfum.com tried to "extort money from a vulnerable small business," says EFF.

by Joe Mullin - Jun 23, 2015 5:29pm EDT, Share
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Originally Posted by RTaylor

I've been asked to be a speaker next week in support of Patent Reform to tell my story on our experience.
This is not only huge for me, this is HUGE for anyone and everyone that has or will be shortly hit by patent trolls that sue with very weak patents.



Here is the website setup for the meeting

http://patentreformbriefing.splashthat.com/


this photo is from the link I shared over on my Facebook page, I know not all of you have

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