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EFF challenges NeoMedia’s patent claim on barcode / mobile picture / price comparison

Started by Ewan · 1 year ago

I had an anonymous tip in this afternoon pointing my attention to this post on the Electronic Fronteir Foundation’s site.

Link: EFF: DeepLinks

A company called NeoMedia has a patent on reading an “index” (e.g, a bar code) off a product, matching it with information in a database, and then connecting to a remote computer (e.g., a […] ... Continue reading »

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Bob_Hilti
1 year ago

I know it has been a long time. I skimmed the patents. NeoMedia does have a legitimate patent. Thus, the EFF group is simply trying to kill the patent. I wonder what they feel about other patents - such as the telephone. It would be a terror to our society to take away the patents that individuals and companies create as part of an on going business. Investments are made based on patents. This type of attempt to patent busting is unbelieveble.

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James
4 months ago

The USPTO validated all 95 claims of Neomedia's barcode lookup patent today. This is a final decision so the dispute with regards to these claims is now resolved.

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090218/20090218005480.h...

Hopefully the mobile world can move forward now.

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streetstylz
4 months ago

NeoMedia Wins Patent Reexamination

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NeoMedias-Barcode...

:)

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