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Eric,

It does sound crazy, but I've seen the legal papers.  I can't tell you 
who I work for except to say its a fortune 500 hundred company.  Our 
lawyers are concerned and are preparing a response.

I am going to be in California next week but if it takes faxing you the
legal papers to convince you, I think I can get approval to do that, minus
my company's name. 

Call the law firm and see if its real.  Its no joke to us.

Lanny

On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Eric Meyer wrote:

> >Two men named Eyal Shavit and Lester Teichner claim to hold a patent
> >on e-commerce.  They are through a law firm named Stadheim & Grear
> >serving notice on companies doing any form of electronic transactions
> >between multiple buyers and multiple sellers.
> >
> >Does anybody on this list know which companies they are targeting?
> 
> Geez, and are people actually falling for this line?
> 
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