> > > > Horseshit. Prior art is trivial. How old is Hylafax? > > > > Cheers, > > -- jra > > > It's never trivial if you're a small company. J2 has already won > settlements from several smaller companies, which gives it > precedence. > Once precedence is established, it's almost a done deal for future > lawsuits and fighting them is exponentially harder with each > settlement > they get. While it may boil down in the end to prior art, having the > money to fight that far in the legal system is something > else. A fight > like that would put most small businesses under, and forget about > getting external funding if you have this hanging over your > head. No one > wants to fund a company with a lawsuit against it. > > N.
The really good news here is that the recent KSR vs. Teleflex ruling as decided by SCOTUS gives you a fair bit of firepower in at least getting this patent reexamined, even with the precedent. I think that J2 would be quite unlikely to try and push a case forward in light of this. Regards, - Brad _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users