16 Jul 2004
Patent Busters

This is a good general overview of the situation with the USPTO. As Greg Aharonian points out in the piece:

There are plenty of people trying to bust patents. If patents are really stupid, they will go down, but it'll cost money and take some time. The real question is how do we help the patent office so they don't issue the crap in the first place?

A small company called Acacia Research Corp. went after some of the biggest names in broadcasting last month, suing nine companies for an estimated $100 million for allegedly violating its patent on streaming video.

(link) [CNN]

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