[Mimedefang] MD and all of its users appear to be in violation of a US Patent
Stephen Smoogen
smoogen at lanl.gov
Fri Apr 2 14:05:17 EST 2004
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, David F. Skoll wrote:
>Hi, All.
>
>At the office, we've (naturally) been talking about this patent.
>
>It's pretty clear to me that their claims are badly-written, overly-broad,
>and covered by substantial prior art. I'm sure a compentent legal and
>technical team could get the patent invalidated.
>
>I also can't imagine who Postini would go after. It makes no sense for them
>to go after little guys like us, because we have no money. It makes no sense
>for them to go after big guys like Brightmail, because Postini would get
>clobbered in court. And there simply aren't that many medium-sized players
>to go after.
>
Well if they do go after you, please let us users know somehow so that
we can start paying your legal defense.
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