[OSGeo-Discuss] Help on patent infringement claim

[Johan Van de Wauw]

Andrea,

I have seen ask patents being used to find prior-art to patent claims.
See eg:
http://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/119/timeline-display-for-vehicle-fleet-management-patent-application-prior-art-r

Kind Regards,
Johan


On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 8:17 AM, andrea antonello
<andrea.antonello at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to everybody that gave contributions to this.
>
> I will post some updates.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrea
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> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 7:30 PM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
> <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy> wrote:
>>
>> A really worrisome topic...
>>
>>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> Departamento de Geomática
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> URUGUAY
>> ________________________________
>> De: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Jody Garnett
>> <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> Enviado: viernes, 08 de abril de 2016 12:56
>> Para: andrea antonello
>> Cc: ML osgeo discuss
>> Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Help on patent infringement claim
>>
>> That is terrible Andrea, and not at all off topic - it is one of the
>> reasons we have OSGeo as as software foundation.  I also really respect the
>> open innovation network and their approach.
>>
>> While I have built a couple systems as you describe they were after to
>> 2000 date.
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 8 April 2016 at 06:09, andrea antonello <andrea.antonello at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> this might be slightly off-topic (I think not).
>>>
>>> In a couple of companies a few years ago we developed a fleet tracking
>>> software all based on open source software.
>>> The mobile android part is basically a customization of geopaparazzi, the
>>> server side base on the usual open webmapping stuff (bare with me on this
>>> oversemplification).
>>>
>>> The project had some internal issues and we never really came to an
>>> official release, even if the website went online to be used for commercial
>>> purposes.
>>>
>>> A few weeks ago we were contacted by one of those "innovating" companies
>>> that do nothing else than buying patents and search project from which they
>>> can gather money.
>>>
>>> Needless to say that our project has been targeted.
>>>
>>> HydroloGIS, our company, is part of the Open Invention Network, so we
>>> first asked them for support. It is obvious that a small company as ours
>>> gets scared quickly from a letter claiming patent infringement and possible
>>> litigations.
>>>
>>> We are now trying to document the (very superficial) claims we got (like
>>> having a map - Openstreetmap - visualized on a device), as OIN suggested us
>>> to. One more thing we have been asked, is to gather as many articles,
>>> scientific or not, that deal with what the patent claims and that might be
>>> dated before the patent's date (patent has been filed in 09/2000 and granted
>>> in 11/2007).
>>>
>>> I know it is a long shot, but maybe some of you have already had to do
>>> with this and might be able to help, send some references.
>>> For reference the patents are:
>>> US 6754580 B1
>>> EP 1218697 B1
>>>
>>> Basically it is a system to track vehicles made up of a client (mobile
>>> device) and a server application.
>>> If you have papers, articles, anything related to that at hand, please
>>> let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help,
>>> Cheers,
>>> Andrea
>>>
>>>
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