As at least one person pointed out in the comments on that article, there are multiple cases of prior art that invalidate that patent. It challenged, there is very little likelihood that patent would hold up in court.
--- Dan Rich <dr...@employees.org> | http://www.employees.org/~drich/ | "Step up to red alert!" "Are you sure, sir? | It means changing the bulb in the sign..." | - Red Dwarf (BBC) On 2016-11-15 20:22, Terry Countryman wrote: > I'm not a lawyer, and I don't pretend to know much about US Patent laws. > > But at a cursory read through, this recently awarded US patent seems like it > could be applied to many modern mailing-list management systems. > > http://variety.com/2016/film/news/kevin-spacey-dana-brunetti-awarded-patent-1201775335/ > [1] > > https://www.google.com/patents/US9306887?dq=9,306,887&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG1d_gqNrMAhUBzWMKHaMZCzgQ6AEIGzAA > [2] > > How soon before the patent lawyers show up is up for debate / bets now… > > Your thoughts are welcome. > > Terry Countryman > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss [3] > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ [4] Links: ------ [1] http://variety.com/2016/film/news/kevin-spacey-dana-brunetti-awarded-patent-1201775335/ [2] https://www.google.com/patents/US9306887?dq=9,306,887&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG1d_gqNrMAhUBzWMKHaMZCzgQ6AEIGzAA [3] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss [4] http://lopsa.org/
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