The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a formal challenge...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a formal challenge to a podcasting patent it claimed a patent assertion entity used to “shake down” podcasters for licensing fees, EFF said in a Wednesday news release (http://bit.ly/1bCU1FK). It presented a petition for inter…
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partes review to the Patent and Trademark Office that day (http://bit.ly/1bCUFDt). Personal Audio LLC is suing podcasters and sending demand letters based on U.S. Patent No. 8,112,504 (http://bit.ly/1bCUIyS), said EFF. “Because Personal Audio’s business model is entirely based on leveraging its patents and it does not do any podcasting itself, the company fits the definition of a ‘non-practicing entity.'” Personal Audio didn’t invent the podcasting technology and shouldn’t be “demanding a payout,” EFF said. EFF was able to conduct the campaign after raising $76,160 to fund the fees and costs associated with the petition. It raised twice what it originally requested from donors, it said, and remaining funds will go to EFF’s ongoing patent reform work. Personal Audio had no comment.