patents in the news

[Nick Sharp]

Oh dear, very worrying news indeed. 

On the 21st April I found this article from 2004 and dismissed it at the
time.

http://wifinetnews.com/archives/2004/01/new_license_fee_may_face_operato
rs.html

Having just checked the IP3 com website they have now ceased trading due
to this litigation. 

At http://www.ip3.com you can find their experts report on the
invalidity of the nomadix patents.

Is there any threat on how this could affect the range of OS products
such as coova, pfsense and monowall??

Nick




-----Original Message-----
From: wlanmac [mailto:wlan at mac.com] 
Sent: 30 May 2009 08:35
To: chilli at coova.org
Subject: patents in the news

Nomadix Inc. has won a patent enforcement action against Second Rule
LLC. The Federal Court in the Central District of California ruled on
March 31, 2009, in favour of Nomadix on its claims that Second Rule
willfully infringed five of Nomadix's patents. The Court awarded Nomadix
a total of $3.3 million in damages and attorney fees. The Court also
issued a Permanent Injunction against Second Rule. The suit against
Second Rule involved five U.S. patents relating to several High-Speed
Internet Access (HSIA) gateway features, including plug-and-play,
***home-page redirection***, zero-configuration proxy service, and
automated billing via seamless integration between the gateway and a
hotel's property management systems.

http://www.nomadix.com/company/pressroom/pressreleases/PressRoom.aspx?pr
=/3/20/52/9086

http://www.ip3.com/
http://www.ip3.com/Invalidity_Opinion
http://www.ip3.com/References_invalidity.zip


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