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Comments (27)
Luis Carmona
IPVMU Certified | 07/18/14 12:26pm
"Even if Milestone wins, this most certainly would only apply to their products and would likely require each manufacturer to replicate Milestone's actions." Yes, but it would make it easier for other manufacturers to defend themselves if Milestone wins, since they'd have a case to cite. But then it could work the other way if Hawk wins.
I guess Hawk didn't realize Milestone would suddenly gain very big pockets.
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Ari Erenthal
07/18/14 12:59pm
Does the recent Alice v CLS Bank decision apply here?
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
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Jeremiah Boughton
A major side story we should all be concerned about.
This could wipe out Case Studies, PR write-ups, news articles, and possibly end users making their names public on bids if that is possible. Or it will be unnamed end users in all of the above.
If you read the lawsuits, Hawk got the end user information from Milestones Case Studies on their website and etc..
What end user wants to be named in Court Cases even though they were not found guilty?
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Mark Jones
Given that the original suit was lawfully dismissed, Hawk should tread very lightly at this point. Everyone who can read and reason already knows the outcome of these cases. They too will be dismissed. It would seem to me that Hawk is making itself vulnerable to a malicious prosecution suit, and at the same time, giving themselves a black eye in the industry. "He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight" -Sun-Tzu.
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Andrew Lund
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Undisclosed Integrator #2
About time they fought back!
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Phil Shanahan
Given that Hawk dont even have a functional website it seems pretty obvouis that they have no interest in becoming an industry player and just want to profit from litigation. I'd love to know the real story behind how they came to patent multi streaming, whoever patented it must have been from the industry, probably working for a manufacturer or developer at the time, the US patent system is badly broken IMO - Phil
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Jack Sink
A troll is a troll. We all recognize it as such but until the regulations governing realistic patent issuance and safeguards are enacted to restrict such behavior as patent trolls display I don't see the industry has any choice other than aggressively prosecuting countersuits. Don't tease the large doggie, children. Canon may well decide to demonstrate its committment to it's new sub and through substantial $ at it to make a clear statement. As a legendary military strategist once observed, that in order to get the word out, once in a while you need to shoot a colonel.
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Alastair McLeod
I'd just like to point out that if the original patent was filed in 1995, then it will expire next year anyway . . . . . .
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Ed Vergara
I think you'll find a lot of prior art in the motion picture industry with the development of the MPEG standard.
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