What a surprise that Greg Aharonian, who is on record as stating that he wants BountyQuest to fail because it is competitive with his private search business, once again pulls out his only tool, the flamethrower. Ask any BountyQuest winner (e.g., a $25000 one last week) how they like the system. The Intouch case started long before BountyQuest launched, and the Amazon lawyers have said they have had good prior art all along. The decision to settle has to be about pure economics: litigation costs $3000 per day, and a cheap license is a much easier way to go. We'll see what happens with BountyQuest, but it is still around, unlike a lot of the dot-coms.
BountyQuest would like to put the McAfee patents to the same test that has found prior art on some of the web's most controversial patents. (To see what has already run the guantlet of scientists and engineers, see www.bountyquest.com.) If people out there are willing to contribute to the reward, we'll waive our fees. Just send an email to post@bountyquest.com with the re: line: "McAfee Reward".
-BountyQuest
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What a surprise that Greg Aharonian, who is on record as stating that he wants BountyQuest to fail because it is competitive with his private search business, once again pulls out his only tool, the flamethrower. Ask any BountyQuest winner (e.g., a $25000 one last week) how they like the system. The Intouch case started long before BountyQuest launched, and the Amazon lawyers have said they have had good prior art all along. The decision to settle has to be about pure economics: litigation costs $3000 per day, and a cheap license is a much easier way to go. We'll see what happens with BountyQuest, but it is still around, unlike a lot of the dot-coms.
BountyQuest would like to put the McAfee patents to the same test that has found prior art on some of the web's most controversial patents. (To see what has already run the guantlet of scientists and engineers, see www.bountyquest.com.) If people out there are willing to contribute to the reward, we'll waive our fees. Just send an email to post@bountyquest.com with the re: line: "McAfee Reward". -BountyQuest