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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.

    There are more current reports at 
http://infolawalert.com/articles/960628_e-data_hearing.html (a little humorous
even at the end) and http://infolawalert.com/articles/960726_e-data_again.html

    But the case has been labeled as having a broad effect on e-commerce, and
no one has mentioned anything else, so I'm starting to feel this is the case
in question.

Doc


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