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FlightPrep sues AOPA
Remember when FlightPrep sued (and shutdown) RunwayFinder and then threatened dozens of others, which resulted in a massive backlash from the aviation community? Now, a couple years later, they've renamed ("SD holdings") and have sued AOPA . . . for $66,000,000. I'm not sure if anyone uses FlightPrep products still, but I'm sure this desperate attempt won't help their sales. (www.generalaviationnews.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I really hope that AOPA fights this. I'm tired of these bozos and their business ethics.
Agreed. This is one reason why I no longer use any site that accepted the terms of FlightPrep's so-called 'settlement' from a patent that clearly had a Prior Art precedent set. And with the government being shut down, the USPTO can and does remain open (its funding is guaranteed per the Constitution), but the FTC is closed from the shutdown and can't fight them on our behalf, and the DoJ is closed so it can't handle any appeals we have.
FlightPrep's shenanigans alone is the reason why I don't use them or any of the sites that agreed to their policy and use.
FlightPrep's shenanigans alone is the reason why I don't use them or any of the sites that agreed to their policy and use.
I wish I could say I'd stop buying FlightPrep products, but their stuff is too crappy for me to have ever used. :)
These guys are called patent trolls. Their business is to manufacture nothing. They buy or file very broad, poorly defined patents and sue others for "infringement." It amounts to legal extortion.
Agree, and the latest tactic of moving the patent to a holding company really emphasizes their troll tactics.
I work on the Security industry and we are having the same problem. Dubious holding companies getting hold of vaguely written patents on digital video surveillance and suing manufacturers of IP video product, distributors, installers and on some cases, even end users. It is absolutely obscene that our legal system does not possess mechanisms to protect law abiding companies and institutions from folks like these.