[jawsscripts] Re: Freedom Scientific suit against GW Micro

Hi Jamal,

Correct this is OT here so everyone do as Jamal says and discuss the topic 
through proper channels.

Thanks,

Rick
List Owner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:56 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Freedom Scientific suit against GW Micro


> Although extensive discussion of this is probably not on topic here, I
> think it is relevant to raise, particularly in light of recent
> conversation about how FS attention is allocated.
>
> For anyone interested, Freedom Scientific has sued GW Micro for infringing
> a patent that FS filed on the placemarker feature of a JAWS virtual web
> page.  A blog article that supplies the legal text is
>
> "Freedom Scientific Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against GW Micro"
> http://blog.blindaccessjournal.com/
>
> The technical text of the patent claim is
>
> "United States Patent: 6993707"
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=%226,993,707+B2%22&OS=
>
> An initial response by GW Micro is
> "Do companies really compete on who has the best lawyers?"
> http://www.gwmicro.com/blog/
>
> The FS web site does not appear to mention the suit at this time.
>
> I encourage people to become informed about this, and to express their
> views through appropriate channels.
>
> Regards,
> Jamal
>
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