Google, Napster & Apple Sued as Download Leaders
Oh the target you are as a leader in digital downloads. Intertainer, the defunct video-on demand company (backed by Intel, Microsoft, Sony, NBC and Comcast) has filed a high profile lawsuit. See the NYT Patent Lawsuit Names Leading Technology Firms by John Markoff and Miguel Helft
Intertainer's 9 patents claim to be "broad" {As is said in the patent biz- you may have more than one patent, but how many inventions do you have? One invention in 9 countries is still one invention] Take a look at Intertainer's US patent 6,925,469- the patent is 15 pages with 7 drawings and 45 claims... Claim 1 claims: a system...comprising a processor...a database...a file repository...and a server...Looks like this could be another eData case (a case where the issued patent was so broad and the attempt to litigate caused such an industry outcry, the USPTO withdrew the patent entirely...
And with a file date of 2001 -(we patent scriveners were writing video on demand cases in the early '90s) it remains to be seen how strong the "presumption of validity" on this issued patent may prove to be.
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