Replies to post #55386 on NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

[kokonutguy]

success, exactly. Hence the PR comment on "crossing the bridge."

[elliot1234]

"Wild Thing, you make my heart B-E-A-T!"

howard

PS: you can tell what kind of movies I watch.

[early retirement]

Thanks, Success. That makes sense to me as well; hopefully we can avoid further litigation with this additional patent for clarification. Hindsight is 20/20, but it makes you wonder why they didn't initially apply for a specifically targeted patent (i.e. for use with camera phones), since that is the premise of paperclick. Either way, looks like we are locked and loaded now!

[lupetto3]

Success: I agree. This just seems to be a CYA sort of thing knowing the cell phone will be the primary platform. This is definitely a good thing IMO. I don't have to time review this this at the time (I have a "colicky" baby in my arms) but didn't Scanbuy file for a patent similar to Neom's at some point? If so, it would be interesting to compare dates and specifics, etc. (whether it was just for the cell phone or the general bridge idea). Also, to play devil's advocate (pun intended), if I were Scanbuy's attorney or any other company wanting to break the patents I would try to argue that this new patent is further evidence that the previous "general bridge" patents were too broad. Problem for Scanbuy is that if you win on that argument and defeat the "general" patent, you've got today's new patent waiting right behind it. Gotta run

[clawmann]

I think you nailed it, Success.

[brewskih]

Success.........perhaps this patent itself can be challenged in court, as many in the past have been. It wasnt applied for until June of 2004 and perhaps others had technology developed prior to the application, that would supercede NEOMs patent application date.

It just strikes me odd that they represented in the ABC video that they had the patented technology for camera phones to read bar code scanners, and after that news show, filed fore the patent. I was in Florida at the time and remember the video well, thats one reason I was hyped about NEOM. Now as best I can tell their patent at that time only covered NEOM BAR CODES not the national bar codes. I am still researching to try to verify that.