Comments on: Eolas no more? http://aralbalkan.com/37 Aral on Flash, SWX, Flex, ActionScript, and life. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Law News http://aralbalkan.com/37#comment-176343 Law News Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:01:36 +0000 #comment-176343 Niche article. Niche article.

]]> By: cray15 http://aralbalkan.com/37#comment-190 cray15 Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:48:58 +0000 #comment-190 By the way... invalidating a patent is a three stage process and the patent is still being reviewed. So, The Register's claim that the "US Patent Office has nullified Eolas' patent" isn't quite true just yet.<br /> <br /> By the way… invalidating a patent is a three stage process and the patent is still being reviewed. So, The Register’s claim that the “US Patent Office has nullified Eolas’ patent” isn’t quite true just yet.

]]> By: cray15 http://aralbalkan.com/37#comment-189 cray15 Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:44:40 +0000 #comment-189 I'm a little concerned that no one is paying attention to this case anymore. I'm a software developer and recently a client of the company I work for asked us to review this case. What I learned from the whole thing is that the patent process in the US with regards to software in particular is broken.<br /> <br /> With the matter apparently headed toward a reasonable resolution, people have stopped following the case. Outside the lens of public scrutiny, Eolas and the unwitting PTO are working surreptitiously to revive the patent most people thought was long buried. In the process, Eolas is presenting arguments that both fly in the face of common sense and contradict key positions they took during trial. Worse yet, the PTO seems to be buying it. <br /> <br /> The creation of patent holding companies whose business plans are based on acquiring and licensing patents will surely lead to more cases of litigation over alleged infringements. This is not good for the industry and I certainly hope the USPTO sees this as an opportunity to send a message and address the growing call for patent reform. More and more people in our industry are becoming very concerned about the entire patent process.<br /> <br /> You might find the results of our investigation interesting. Check it out at http://www.iticentral.com/906Full.html<br /> I’m a little concerned that no one is paying attention to this case anymore. I’m a software developer and recently a client of the company I work for asked us to review this case. What I learned from the whole thing is that the patent process in the US with regards to software in particular is broken.

With the matter apparently headed toward a reasonable resolution, people have stopped following the case. Outside the lens of public scrutiny, Eolas and the unwitting PTO are working surreptitiously to revive the patent most people thought was long buried. In the process, Eolas is presenting arguments that both fly in the face of common sense and contradict key positions they took during trial. Worse yet, the PTO seems to be buying it.

The creation of patent holding companies whose business plans are based on acquiring and licensing patents will surely lead to more cases of litigation over alleged infringements. This is not good for the industry and I certainly hope the USPTO sees this as an opportunity to send a message and address the growing call for patent reform. More and more people in our industry are becoming very concerned about the entire patent process.

You might find the results of our investigation interesting. Check it out at http://www.iticentral.com/906Full.html

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