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Robert_Charlton - 5:32 am on Jun 25, 2007 (gmt 0)


Fascinating article....

Geomas founder:
"We aren't necessarily looking to sue as our main business, but realistically I think that's going to have to happen."

Related to technology moving forward...

The patent appears broad and obvious today, but was filed in 1996, before internet search became so commonplace. Roughly 100 companies, including Verizon, cite '474 as prior art in their own patents.

Unlike many of those other companies, however, Geomas hasn't created a working technology based on the patent, which Perkins said could give defendants an advantage in court.


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