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Re: End of panorama photography in Germany?
Erik Krause 2013-Jul-20 19:37:00
Am 20.07.2013 17:30, schrieb dl8ndg:
> a German company has got the rights for 360? panoramas with
> control-buttons, which can be displayed on mobile devices. Patent
> attorneys are already sending letters to owners of websites with 360?
> panoramas. Because nearly every pano can be viewed on a tablet,
> mobile phone...
No, they don't have a patent, the patent was rejected. Read carefully.
They have a "Gebrauchsmuster":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_model
And they apparently are not sure of their case, they only want to sell
licenses, which suggests that they are mere patent trolls.
For all german speaking list members: there's a group on
panorama-forum.net which is currently collecting cases to get into
action against them http://tinyurl.com/khny775
or
(http://www.panorama-community.net/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID...)
Presumably it isn't a bad idea joining this group if your customers are
getting such letters, too.
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Erik Krause
http://www.erik-krause.de