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<DIV>And if there is no mention of it, as prior art in the patent, it's null and void.</DIV><BR>
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<B>From:</B> Andrew Cassidy [mailto:andrew@cassidywebservices.co.uk]<BR><B>To:</B> FreeSWITCH Users Help [mailto:freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:04:45 -0700<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Freeswitch-users] BT claims licensing on SIP<BR><BR>
<DIV>The IEEE publication of the SIP Protocol pre-dates ALL of the patents presented on BT's page.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 30 April 2013 16:33, Michael Collins <SPAN><<A href="mailto:msc@freeswitch.org">msc@freeswitch.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=im>On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Michael Jerris <SPAN><<A href="mailto:mike@jerris.com">mike@jerris.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">I picked some random ones and read through them and a bunch of them don't seem to have a lot to do with sip at all. Seems like quite a scattershot to me.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>My thoughts exactly. Sounds like typical "look at all our patents" bravado. I hope the GOOG takes 'em down a notch.<SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888><BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888>
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