patents in the news

[wlanmac]

I don't think it'll impact the noted projects... I bet they won mostly
because of the patents around the PMS integration for Hotels. This is an
industry that interTouch focuses on. And, there is plenty of "prior art"
with simple browser hijacking. Indeed, it was the then CTO of Nomadix
that co-wrote the WISPr best practices that coined the term "Universal
Access Method" which is exactly the browser hijacking. Now, why would
they write such a "standard" when they have a valid patent to enforce on
the very same topic. But, it's still curious that it seems to be
included in the ruling against IP3 Network. I probably don't have all
the facts, however. 

David

On Sat, 2009-05-30 at 09:49 +0100, Nick Sharp wrote:
> 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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