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Technology Stocks : EDTA (was GIFT)
EDTA 0.000200+300.1%Mar 7 3:00 PM EST
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To: Mel Spivak who wrote (2095)4/29/1998 3:49:00 PM
From: Goodboy   of 2383
 
I have just begun to look at this company and it's patent. After reading it (the version from the patent office, not the one you can download from web sight), I felt that the prior art issue was the most important. It seems that the reference to the home as the point of sale carried his description into the internet convincingly. The patent would read better had he chosen to use software as his example rather than 8 tracks or tapes. Does anyone have any clear evidence of prior art that would persuade a judge to invalidate this patent?

I couldn't help but think that this patent relates directly to the about to be launched digital interactive video on demand business. He mentions in the patent delivery by cable and all the elements of his claim are present in these systems. That would open up all the cable and dbs companies to E-data's patent claim. It would mean companies already doing this in hotels (On Command, Lodgenet)would be in violation as well as some of the pay per view companies. This info may already have been voiced here, but it shows the patent may extend outside the net into television.

What is the next big event for this litigation? I appreciate any info you could give me or other reference sites.
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