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Actually there has been updates on this and it could be real bad.
This could affect anyone that sells or builds a fixture for the aquarium hobby including moonlights or fixtures with moonlights. Already some places are pulling anything with leds off the shelf in this hobby... I guess drs foster and smith are part of this suit and other may follow as in getting sued.
The hole thing is just bogus. I think i am going to pull a patent for leds used in a bathroom, hallway, kitchen, etc so it anyone uses one there they have to pay me. Lawyers are killing everything.
Already some good friends of mine have lost jobs do to this.
Dave
I won't put in my personal views on this topic, but as a patent attorney, I am writing a series on patents and the aquarium industry for Glassbox-Design. I hope those who are interested in the PFO case might find my article informative and that it might provide some background to understand what is going on. Here's a link to Part I:
http://glassbox-design.com/2009/patents-101-benefits-faults-recourse/#comment-2624
Just sent my solaris back to PFO for work. Hope it comes back soon. This whole fiasco really fires me up. Didn't realize the world of patent law was so nasty and really hinders progress and technological growth. Anyone should be able to make led lights without legal reprise in a "free" country. Orbitec's patent is ridiculously broad, should patent every idea I have so I can sue tomorrow's intellectuals and pioneers for trying to advance our species. This has to change, and is a sign of a much deeper problem. Seems we have been asleep while all these crazy laws and standards have been put in place. Gonna put on same RATM!!!