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Preliminary ruling against Mailblocks
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:55:51 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Jonathan Weinberg <weinberg () mail msen com> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:06:46 -0400 To: dave () farber net Subject: Preliminary ruling against Mailblocks I don't think anyone has noted here that a federal district court, back on June 9, issued a preliminary ruling in the Mailblocks v. Spam Arrest patent infringement suit. Judge Coughenour said the patent was probably invalid, on the ground that challenge-response technology was obvious when the patent issued; the systems described in the patents weren't significantly different from those described in articles back in 1992 and 1996. He therefore declined to issue a preliminary injunction against Spam Arrest, and he stayed the entire action pending a decision by the Panel on Multidistrict Litigation whether all of Mailblocks's lawsuits (against various defendants) should be consolidated into a single proceeding. (If that happens, then all of the suits can be dismissed together, in one swell foop.) Jon Jonathan Weinberg Professor of Law, Wayne State University weinberg () msen com ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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