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Technology Stocks : Booking Holdings (formerly Priceline) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dave who wrote (1930)	10/15/1999 8:37:00 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2743

<<There are many ways to invalidate a patent. >> happens often. This is supposed to be a competitive, capitalist econmomy, after all. << Still, priceline has got a patent and it is pretty difficult to invalidate a patent in court. Experts will testify on both sides talking about the validity>> Pricelines's patent is untested. It is really a concept. Many industry experts are not putting much credence in the patent's defensibility. If msft were worried about it they would have settled in pre-filing discussions, which I am sure occured. The onus will be on pcln to prove their point, since they are the plaintiff. Much harder to prove a positive than defend against it. MSFT already has the advantage. The market sure is not exactly thrilled with the prospect of this thing getting tested!