摘錄》PUBPAT News: PUBPAT Challenges EpicRealm Patents Being Asserted Against Providers of Dynamic Websites
PUBPAT CHALLENGES EPICREALM PATENTS BEING ASSERTED AGAINST PROVIDERS OF
DYNAMIC WEBSITES: Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Patent
Licensing Company's Widely Asserted Patents
New York, NY -- November 22, 2006 -- The Public Patent Foundation
("PUBPAT") filed formal requests with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office today to review two patents held by epicRealm Licensing
Inc. that the patent licensing company is widely asserting against
providers of dynamic websites, i.e. websites that can produce custom
responses to individual visitors or users. In its filings, PUBPAT
submitted prior art that the Patent Office was not aware of when
reviewing the applications that led to the two patents, described in
detail how the prior art invalidates the patents and asked that the
patents be revoked.
Despite no longer making any product or service itself, epicRealm is
asserting the patents against those that provide information and
services to the public over the internet, a group which includes many
private citizens, public service organizations and even the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office itself. EpicRealm's assertion of the patents has
included the filing of infringement lawsuits against more than a dozen
mere end users of allegedly infringing web site systems. PUBPAT
challenged the patents because epicRealm's aggressive assertion of them
is causing substantial public harm by threatening the way in which much
of the most useful aspects of the Web are provided to the public.
"EpicRealm is yet another example of the growing trend of businesses
whose sole purpose and activity is to sue others for patent
infringement, but the fact that they are claiming rights over the vast
majority of websites based on these patents that would have never been
issued had the Patent Office known of the prior art we were able to
uncover only makes the matter that much more unsettling," said Dan
Ravicher, PUBPAT's Executive Director. "Perhaps some day soon Congress
will fix the patent system so that such exploitation cannot occur. In
the interim, with respect to these specific patents, we expect the
Patent Office to look at the new evidence we are providing today and
agree with us that they should be withdrawn from issuance."
Copies of the Requests for Reexamination filed by PUBPAT against the two
patents epicRealm is widely asserting dynamic websites can be found at
http://www.pubpat.org/epicrealmdynamicwebsites.htm.
Contact:
Daniel Ravicher, Executive Director
Public Patent Foundation
(212) 796-0570
info@pubpat.org
About the Public Patent Foundation
The Public Patent Foundation ("PUBPAT") is a not-for-profit legal
services organization working to protect the public from the harms
caused by the patent system, particularly the harms caused by undeserved
patents and unsound patent policy. PUBPAT provides the general public
and those specific persons or businesses otherwise deprived of access to
the system governing patents, with representation, advocacy, and
education. To be kept informed of PUBPAT News, subscribe to the PUBPAT
News List by visiting http://www.pubpat.org. To be removed from the
PUBPAT News List, send an email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line
to news-request@pubpat.org.
DYNAMIC WEBSITES: Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Patent
Licensing Company's Widely Asserted Patents
New York, NY -- November 22, 2006 -- The Public Patent Foundation
("PUBPAT") filed formal requests with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office today to review two patents held by epicRealm Licensing
Inc. that the patent licensing company is widely asserting against
providers of dynamic websites, i.e. websites that can produce custom
responses to individual visitors or users. In its filings, PUBPAT
submitted prior art that the Patent Office was not aware of when
reviewing the applications that led to the two patents, described in
detail how the prior art invalidates the patents and asked that the
patents be revoked.
Despite no longer making any product or service itself, epicRealm is
asserting the patents against those that provide information and
services to the public over the internet, a group which includes many
private citizens, public service organizations and even the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office itself. EpicRealm's assertion of the patents has
included the filing of infringement lawsuits against more than a dozen
mere end users of allegedly infringing web site systems. PUBPAT
challenged the patents because epicRealm's aggressive assertion of them
is causing substantial public harm by threatening the way in which much
of the most useful aspects of the Web are provided to the public.
"EpicRealm is yet another example of the growing trend of businesses
whose sole purpose and activity is to sue others for patent
infringement, but the fact that they are claiming rights over the vast
majority of websites based on these patents that would have never been
issued had the Patent Office known of the prior art we were able to
uncover only makes the matter that much more unsettling," said Dan
Ravicher, PUBPAT's Executive Director. "Perhaps some day soon Congress
will fix the patent system so that such exploitation cannot occur. In
the interim, with respect to these specific patents, we expect the
Patent Office to look at the new evidence we are providing today and
agree with us that they should be withdrawn from issuance."
Copies of the Requests for Reexamination filed by PUBPAT against the two
patents epicRealm is widely asserting dynamic websites can be found at
http://www.pubpat.org/epicrealmdynamicwebsites.htm.
Contact:
Daniel Ravicher, Executive Director
Public Patent Foundation
(212) 796-0570
info@pubpat.org
About the Public Patent Foundation
The Public Patent Foundation ("PUBPAT") is a not-for-profit legal
services organization working to protect the public from the harms
caused by the patent system, particularly the harms caused by undeserved
patents and unsound patent policy. PUBPAT provides the general public
and those specific persons or businesses otherwise deprived of access to
the system governing patents, with representation, advocacy, and
education. To be kept informed of PUBPAT News, subscribe to the PUBPAT
News List by visiting http://www.pubpat.org. To be removed from the
PUBPAT News List, send an email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line
to news-request@pubpat.org.
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