Acacia Internet Access Redirection
"Jacob S. Barrett" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.nocat |
|---|---|
| Organization | PogoZone LLC |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Today I received an information packet from Acacia Technologies Group informing me that I was in volation of their patent on "IAR" [1]. IAR is a US Patent 6,226,677 [2]. That packet suggest that I must license their technology or face legal action. Has anyone else received this same extortion letter? The claims the the patent text lead me to believe they don't have much to stand on. If I read the abstract and claim one correctly then it doesn't cover a system that doesn't change the destination address. Any solution that uses the IPFW fwd [3] rule would not modify the destination address and therefore does not meet claim 1. I'm I correct in my logic? What are your takes on this matter? References: 1) http://www.acaciatechnologies.com/technology_iar.htm 2) http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,226,677.WKU.&OS=PN/6,226,677&RS=PN/6,226,677 3) http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.10-stable&format=html -- Jacob S. Barrett Chief Technology Officer PogoZone LLC email: [email protected] web: www.pogozone.com voice: 360-676-8772 fax: 360-733-3941 address: 114 W. Magnolia Street Suite 417 Bellingham, Washington 98225