[Wikimedia-l] Patent claim relating to QRpedia

[Jane Darnell]

"...without the necessity of going through unnecessary legal fees in using the
patented concept without the consent of..." - Is that a copyvio?
* See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll

2013/2/8, Fae <faewik+commons at gmail.com>:
> On 8 February 2013 10:22, David Richfield <davidrichfield at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It would be greatly appreciated if you would consider the Walk and
>> Talk Tours patented system in 1999 with regards to information signage
>> relating back to electronic media to obtain information in respect of
>> a site.
>
>> A brief review of the patent seems to indicate that it doesn't cover
>> anything except for phone calls, but the wording is sufficiently broad
>> that one could construe it to refer to any data sent over a wireless
>> network.  Can someone on this list please give an opinion?
>
> I suggest you consider it as they requested, file it, and do not
> reply. I see nothing in this patent that could be considered anything
> infringed by QRPedia technology that is not long established as open
> source or irrelevant.
>
> My past experience, having worked in mobile technology for some years
> and been part of managing the international IP for new technology, is
> that the mobile technology sector lawyers (or more often
> proto-lawyers) will scour the internet hunting for anything that might
> get them a decent commission. Speculative letters are cheap to send
> and as QRPedia gets more press coverage, this sort of contact is
> likely to become very frequent.
>
> This is not professional advice, I am not writing in my capacity in
> any organization I am affiliated with or was affiliated with, blah,
> blah, imagine a lengthy disclaimer here...
>
> Thanks,
> Fae
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