NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

[jonesieatl]

Why did NeoMedia say ....

"All ninety-five claims of this Barcode Lookup Patent have been confirmed as being patentable by the PTO."

and

"We are pleased that this patent has withstood the intense scrutiny of the PTO's re-examination process"

and

" .... confirming all ninety-five claims as being patentable", said Tony Barkume of Barkume & Associates, P.C., patent counsel for NeoMedia."

When, as the author states, NeoMedia canceled 6 of the claims?

Why couldn't NeoMedia just be accurate and forthcoming ... for once ... in their PR and mention "The amendments narrowed the claims by adding several additional requirements."?

I don't see the EFF backpedaling at all. Kwun seems to be going after NeoMedia.

How accurate are the comments by Kwun quoted below? Will we be tied up in court for another year and half? How long do these patents run before they expire? If we really have 'rock solid' patents that actually tie up this 'nascent industry' and will force licensing, royalties or per-click compensation ... PUTTING SOME MONEY IN NEOMEDIA'S TREASURY ... why isn't the stock at least a paltry penny a share?

"even the narrowed claims are of suspect validity.

Is it really novel to add the feature of having a remote database of predetermined relationships? (You'd think that UPC barcode systems would have done that years before.) Or the features of reading data client-side and doing a lookup based on that data server-side? (Standard fare in millions of client-server systems.) Or using the resulting information client-side? (Again, common practice in all sorts of client-server systems.)

Given that those features are the basis for the PTO's decision to reissue the amended patent claims, and given that those features were well known long before before the NeoMedia patent application was filed, the amended patent claims are obvious and thus invalid unless the combination yields novel and unexpected results. Where are the novel and unexpected results here?"

Although most of the U.S. or global population certainly aren't at all aware of NeoMedia or 2d barcodes for that matter ... certainly every mobile barcode related company was watching for the PTO's decision. Carriers, brands, brand managers, advertising agencies, phone manufacturers, on and on, everybody on some long list I saw posted here earlier.

That has to represent quite a few people .. and their friends .. and their brokers .. and their friends ... and their brokers. At .004/share and in the absence of even "3 days in play" after the decision , it might seem the majority of those who were actually watching this play out don't sense a monetarily lucrative 'win' here?

jonesie