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EFF Targets '10 Mot Wanted Patents'

 
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Barry
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Jul 23, 2004, 4:36 PM

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced the "Top 10 Most Wanted Patents" they will target in the first campaign to 'rid' the world of frivolous patent infringement lawsuits. A Nintendo patent that threatens current Palm OS and other Emulators is among those targeted. Every single one of the targeted patents is held by an entity that has threatened or brought lawsuits against small businesses, individuals, or nonprofits.Among the top ten list is a patent awarded to Nintendo regarding software implementation of a handheld videogame hardware platform. There is a US patent that essentially bans all Nintendo emulators.

EFF's team of lawyers and technologists will be preparing to petition the Patent and Trademark Office for revocation of these offenders' patents. EFF's team of lawyers, technologists, and experts will now begin to research and collect prior art. Prior art is hard evidence that a patent 'is' simply because it is based on a common idea or because the claimed "invention" actually existed before the patent was filed. Once the team has gathered enough prior art on a given patent, EFF will submit a petition to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in a legal process known as "reexamination." If the USPTO finds the prior art compelling, it will formally revoke the patent and release the idea back into the public domain, where it belongs.

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