Tired of bogus software patents? So are we! To combat these annoying and often dangerous legal weapons, EFF has launched the Patent Busting Project to take down some of worst offenders.
We need your help! Take a look at the Top Ten Most Wanted culprits on our list, and let us know if you have any leads on technology that predates them (called "prior art") that we can use to challenge their validity. Click on a patent to find out more.
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Acacia Research Streaming Media Patent |
Clear Channel/Live Nation Live Concert Recording Patent |
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Acceris VoIP Patent |
Sheldon F. Goldberg Online Gaming Patent |
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Ideaflood/Hoshiko Personalized Sub-domain patent |
Neomedia Technologies Identifier/Directory Lookup Patent |
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Test.com Online Test-Taking Patent |
Nintendo Handheld Software Emulation Patent |
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Firepond/Polaris Natural Language Processing Patent |
Seer Systems Digital Music Encoding Patent |
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