Let’s get this out of the way: this blog post is going to include an unseemly, in my mind, profane, even obscene, term. I’m just going to put it out there up front, even though I think it’s one of the worst things you can say. And no, the First Amendment doesn’t protect it. It’s … Continue Reading
In a letter to the court, the broadcast defendants lay out a reasonably clear path forward - a path which takes them directly to No-Liability-Ville.… Continue Reading
There's been some movement on the USPTO front, but will Digimedia actually benefit or is this a last gasp effort in the long-lasting patent chess match?… Continue Reading
In the long-running Mission Abstract patent tug-of-war, the federal judge in Delaware and the U.S. Patent and Trademark office have both taken actions . . . but it's hard to say what it all means.… Continue Reading
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Our friends at Mission Abstract Data have sent another couple of batches of materials to the USPTO.… Continue Reading
Like that gambler who just doesn't know when to quit, always looking for the big score, our friends at Mission Abstract Data are back at the table.… Continue Reading
Holiday cheer came a little early for many radio broadcasters this year. Patent examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have rejected multiple claims to the patentability of technology underlying patents held, and vigorously brandished over the last couple of years, by Mission Abstract Data.… Continue Reading
Mission Abstract Data was back in court last week, arguing again that the stay of its lawsuit be lifted. According to MAD, it's been the victim of a "sophisticated", "multi-pronged", "coordinat[ed]" effort to "attack" and "derail" its business..… Continue Reading
It's Mission Abstract Update Time! In the lawsuit brought by Mission Abstract Data against a bunch of Big Broadcasters, those Big Broadcasters have recently filed a pleading that radio broadcasters should take a look at.… Continue Reading
Mission Abstract Data has filed a motion with the United States District Court in Delaware requesting that the stay in its lawsuit against a number of Big Broadcasters be lifted.… Continue Reading
They're baaaack! Mission Abstract Data is back, trying to convince radio broadcasters that they should be signing licensing agreements covering certain technology for which MAD claims to be the patent holder.… Continue Reading
Bad news for Mission Abstract Data, the folks claiming the rights to two patents supposedly being infringed by almost every radio broadcaster in the country. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has preliminarily tossed a major portion of their patents claims.… Continue Reading
Word out of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office could be bad news for Mission Abstract Data -- the folks who are looking to obtain "licensing fees" from pretty much any radio broadcaster using automated programming software.… Continue Reading
