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At 08:44 AM 9/9/96 -0400, Mark Voorhees wrote:
>On Fri, 6 Sep 1996 17:06:26 -0800, Mark Loundy wrote:
>
>>According to the reports that I've read, IBM, among other companies, have
>>ponied up to this guy rather than fight him in court.
>>
>>I haven't been following the story closely, but I think that the judge in a
>>case where a company is fighting asked for some proof from the patent
>>holder and some definitions of terminology that may substantially weaken
>>their case.
>
>I think you are referring to the E-Data patent, which IBM has licensed and
which
>has no relation to this patent, so far as I know.
E-data is the only one I'm aware of. There's a terribly dated page about
it at http://infolawalert.com/stories/053196a.html. Last I heard the judge
had agreed they must prove specifically how their patent is being violated.
Is there a separate e-commerce patent? Any details anywhere?
Doc
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