"Patent Troll" Closes Controversial Podcast Patent Deal With SanDisk

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 15, 2013 @05:44AM from the this-podcast-is-my-podcast-this-podcast-is-not-your-podcast dept.

wabrandsma writes "James Logan's patent company, Personal Audio, has closed a licensing agreement with SanDisk. The company says that now 'between a third and two thirds of all mp3 audio players' are made by companies to which its patents have been licensed, including LG, Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Blackberry and Amazon. The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to fight Personal Audio's podcasting patent at the US Patent and Trademark Office. About 30,000 dollars, was brought in earlier this year through crowdfunding to fight the case. Logan took part in a question-and-answer session here In June."

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Kill it at its source by ThatAblaze · 2013-09-15 05:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

Patent trolls only exist because patent examiners are approving patents without any idea what a significant advancement in the state of the art actually is. Educate the examiners so they quit just approving everyone who hands them a $20,000 check.
1. Re:Kill it at its source by fustakrakich · 2013-09-15 06:38 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Patent trolls exist because we have patents. The problem goes back to the very beginning of its institution.
  
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