U.S. Patent Office Rejects All Ninety Five NeoMedia Patent Claims
Those are very good news, no Schadenfreude, but we are so glad that those ridiculous patent claims by the patent troll neomedia got rejected, they included reading an ID from a barcode or RFID chip from a cellphone, sending it to server, resolving it to a URL and sending the URL back to the cellphone, a pretty much standard procedure in one way or another. We got so many emails in the past if we are not afraid of neomedia and their patents. We never were and now those claims are finally over. Go create something and don’t be afraid of getting a letter from a neomedia lawyer.
http://theponderingprimate.blogspot.com/2008/07/us-patent-office-rejects-all-ninety.html
February 18th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
The USPTO today validated alll 95 claims. The previous “rejection” was a non-final one. Today’s decision is final. Hopefully everyone can move forward now.
February 18th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
NeoMedia Wins Patent Reexamination
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NeoMedias-Barcode-Lookup-bw-14397693.html
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
NeoMedia’s Barcode Lookup Patent Approved
Mobile Advertising Industry Looks Forward to Next Growth Phase
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: NEOM), the global leader in camera-initiated transactions for mobile devices, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has ruled in favor of NeoMedia in the reexamination of its U.S. Patent No. 6,199,048, System And Method For Automatic Access Of A Remote Computer Over A Network. All ninety-five claims of this Barcode Lookup Patent have been confirmed as being patentable by the PTO.
The PTO’s re-validation of this patent provides tremendous opportunities for companies in the mobile advertising space, allowing them to unify and quickly move forward to implement new applications and services.
“This is excellent news for NeoMedia as it allows us to move forward with our vision to create strong partnerships and synergies to align all companies for the next growth phase,” said Iain McCready, chief executive officer of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. “We are committed to building a fully involved and collaborative ecosystem of agencies, mobile operators, and vendors who recognize the potential of mobile barcode advertising.”
“We are pleased that this patent has withstood the intense scrutiny of the PTO’s re-examination process, in which numerous additional prior art references were considered in detail by the PTO Examiners before confirming all ninety-five claims as being patentable”, said Tony Barkume of Barkume & Associates, P.C., patent counsel for NeoMedia. “The approval indicated by the PTO in its Notice of Intent to Issue a Re-examination Certificate has confirmed the strength and validity of the ‘048 patent in the face of such a heightened challenge.”
In keeping with its vision and commitment to developing an interoperable global ecosystem, NeoMedia is licensing its technology to foster innovation in the creation of exciting new mobile barcode applications and services for the advertising industry.
NeoMedia embraces the development of open standards for 1D and 2D barcode technologies, and provides a global infrastructure to resolve these barcodes across multiple carriers. The company’s ecosystem ensures that all parties involved in the transaction are accurately compensated by pre-defined business rules. Through NeoMedia’s complete solution, media & advertising companies, consumers, businesses, mobile operators and OEMs can harness wireless networks to perform commerce more easily and securely, and ensure monetization can occur reliably and accurately.
About NeoMedia Technologies
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NEOM) is the global leader in mobile barcode scanning solutions. Our technology allows mobile devices with cameras to read 1D and 2D barcodes and provide “one click” access to mobile content. Combining this technology with advanced analytics and reporting capabilities revolutionizes the way advertisers market to mobile consumers. NeoMedia provides the infrastructure to make 2D camera barcode scanning and its associated commerce easy, universal, and reliable – worldwide.
The company’s mobile phone technology, NeoReader, reads and transmits data from 1D, and 2D barcodes to its intended destination. Our Code Management and Code Clearinghouse platforms create, connect, record, and transmit the transactions embedded in the 1D and 2D barcodes, like web-URLs, text messages (SMS), and telephone calls, ubiquitously and reliably. NeoMedia provides the industrial and carrier-grade infrastructure to enable reliable, scalable, and billable commerce. NeoMedia was founded in 1989, and is based in Atlanta, USA. It currently has 30 active patents spanning 13 countries, with 29 additional patents pending.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With the exception of historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release involve risk and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090218005480&newsLang=en
February 25th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Barkume & Associates Wins Reexamination Proceeding For NeoMedia
http://www.barkume.com/Site/Reexam_Win.html
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February 26th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Case Study by NeoMedia’s patent attorney Anthony Barkume
http://www.barkume.com/Site/IP_News/IP_News.html
During reexamination, NeoMedia clarified that (1) the bar code resolution database resides on a remote server computer, (2) the database stores predetermined relationships that link bar code data to a pointer (e.g. a URL) and (3) the pointer is returned from the database to the user device to enable that user device to communicate with the remote information computer directly (such as with a browser redirect command). Further according to Dennis Priddy, NeoMedia is unaware of any instance in commercial use today where the resolution database resides anywhere but a remote server computer. From a practical commercial standpoint the ‘048 patent has clarified and strengthened, not narrowed.
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April 7th, 2009 at 10:26 am
It is also a little bigger so I don’t have to bend my fingers as much. Also, a characteristic of having a computer posture in the monitor is easy to adjust so it is eye level.
August 8th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
From streetstylz
Love the patents & technology
But this is the most worthless stock I have ever invested in.
Here we are teetering on sub penny again. WTF!
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