RE: Shopping Carts under a Company breaking the law???

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[quote="Illicious"]Is this a joke or not?[/quote]

This is not a joke.  It's been treated seriously by the L.A.Times, by the Chicago Tribune and many reputable online news sources.  For links to pertinent articles see:

http://www.youmaybenext.com/news.html

No one can say for sure whether or not PanIP has strong patents and that they will hold up in court; but suppose they sent you a letter that cited their patents and demanded $5000 to stay in business?  Would you risk an expensive legal battle, or would you just pay up?

Today this affects only a few, but tomorrow, we could all be paying tribute to this charlatan, unless we act NOW.