Another Hotspot Redirect Patent Collection Attempt

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 5, 2004 @01:07PM from the skilled-in-the-art-of-fleecing dept.

Glenn Fleishman writes "Acacia Technologies is turning its sights from collecting streaming media patent fees to Wi-Fi hotspot gateway redirection, we report at Wi-Fi Networking News. The company acquired a patent that they say covers the use of technology that redirects a login attempt by an unauthenticated user to a login gateway page. They want a minimum of $1,000 per quarter in royalties. Nomadix already claims a patent on this, while we quote an early Wayport executive who says that Wayport has prior art on it. Will community hotspots using NoCatAuth fall under this patent-enforcement attempt? Too early to tell."

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Re:Nothing new by Arcanix · 2004-10-05 13:34 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yes, it is true some people might get fed up with the patent laws but they probably also think that people should have more rights than corporations. A laughable notion at best.

With any luck, patent and copyright violations will be be mandatory life sentences in the near future. Once these undesirables are off the street we will be able to once again sleep comfortably.