[ic] divine, Inc. patent infringements
Mike Heins
interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Fri Sep 20 14:08:00 2002
Quoting Christopher VanOosterhout (chris@torresen.com):
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> This is interesting information. I am hoping that someone could either
> confirm or deny that the Divine company is actually doing this. What I mean
> is that we have heard from one person who says an attorney representing
> divine has contacted them. Is there any chance that this is just a
> hoax? Not by the person who posted the message, but instead by someone
> looking to play a cruel joke on some small companies based on the patents
> held by divine.
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> I guess I am wondering if anyone has a media citation about divine trying
> to enforce these patents.
I believe they are:
CHICAGO -- April 16, 2002 -- divine, inc., (Nasdaq: DVIN), a leading
provider of solutions for the extended enterprise, today announced that
it has been awarded a United States patent for Office on the Go?
technology, bringing divine?s total patent portfolio to 64 issued
patents with more than 150 additional patents pending.
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> The reason I am so interested, is that I was schedule to make a call this
> week to divine to order their TrueLook product (I have been talking with
> them for weeks). It is not cheap, but we really like it (it is tens of
> thousands of dollars) and are in the process of firming up partnerships
> with others who are interested in using a TrueLook installation at our
> location.
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> If it is in fact true that divine is taking this action I would like to
> know, because I would not want to deal with them on the TrueLook product.
I wouldn't want to deal with blackmailers either.
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