"Templeton, Stuart" wrote:

probably behind the times, didn't see this spark up yet, but the quote below caught my attention... How serious would you guys suggest this "threat" to be? any information regarding other patents that could turn up like this in a more SERIOUS fashion?

two serious possible outcomes: a) BT goes over a large fish after making a few small ones pay, and the large fish pays a couple mio. to a lawyer to find a loophole that invalidates the patent. b) BT strikes patent portfolio exchange deals with the large fish and lets the small fish pay. that's just how the patent system works. and yes, there's possible 20k other patents out there that are just as trivial and evil (subjectively, of course ;) ).