Rory,
I have no idea what this stock is doing. FYI, here is the latest
tidbit from the Oppedahl mailing list...
... As you already know, in the May 13, 1998 Opinion & Order in Markman proceedings in the SDNY IGE v. Compuserve case, the District Court construed the claims less broadly than the patent owner would prefer, in particular holding that the patent is limited to activities that take place in a retail store; the patent was held not to apply to activities taking place in one's home while sitting in front of a web browser. This email offers two items of news.
First, as IGE said it would do, IGE (through its new counsel) has filed a Motion for Reconsideration which is now pending before the Judge in that court. The defendants now await word from the Court as to whether the
Court wishes to have the defendants submit papers in response to the Motion.
Second, it may be interesting to note that just a few months earlier, another judge in the same district made a similar holding regarding a different patent. In Markman proceedings in Home Shopping Network, Inc. v. Coupo, Inc., 95 civ. 5048, 1998 US Dist Lexis 2111 (Feb. 27, 1998), Judge Sand ruled that a paperless system for distributing and redeeming store coupons is limited to "a physical retail store environment of some kind."
The May 13 Opinion in the IGE case is on the web site at patents.com , kindly scanned in by Compuserve's counsel.
If you would like a copy of the HSN v. Coupo opinion, let me know. |
