NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

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Independent Clarification on Patent Laws
by: Bena Roberts Monday, July 21st, 2008
OK. So I am on so-called holiday but I managed to make a few vital phone calls while watching Wall-e at Vue in Harrow this morning.

It is relating to the USPTO. I didn’t get hold of NeoMedia (time difference) but I did get hold of a Lawyer who understands the barcode law.


So – I can’t name him but what he said was:

Patent rejection is normal. It is common to reject patents –but that does not mean that the IP of the company just vanishes. In many cases they are changed or adapted to meet requirements or to make them fairer.
He refused to comment on NeoMedia specifically but said that in the past a fair resolution is created.

What we think?

I am not an expert but it sounds more likely to work around a patent then to simply reject it – I have 2 patents and they weren’t cheap. So that money has to be for something – no?

More digging to come this week.