RE: eSoft Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits AgainstFiveCompanies

["Jonathan Poon" <Jonathan.Poon () microsoft com>]

Isnt the barcode reader something like the ecard reader that Nintendo
has for their gameboy advance? 

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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Dude VanWinkle
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 4:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [funsec] eSoft Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits
AgainstFiveCompanies

On 4/3/06, Anthony Rodgers <cunningpike () gmail com> wrote:
> Looks like someone has patented the Internet......


And if you want a piece of the patent craze:

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19025456.100-patents-go-under-
the-hammer.html

WHEN the gavel drops at an auction in San Francisco next week, some
exquisite pieces will change hands. But it won't be paintings commanding
the millions, it will be patents.

On 6 April Chicago-based intellectual-property firm Ocean Tomo will hold
the first public patent auction at the city's Ritz-Carlton hotel.
Selling a patent typically involves a long, secretive process, which
Ocean Tomo hopes to streamline. It has selected about 450 patents to be
put up for auction, grouped into over 70 related lots. Some lots are
expected to sell for more than $5 million.

Included in the auction is a patent for a cellphone barcode reader,
which would allow users to scan items and then connect to the internet
for more information about them.

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-JP

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