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Acacia Technologies

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Acacia Technologies

Patent Name: Audio and video receiving and transmission system
Patent Number: 5,132,992
Critical Date: January 7, 1991
Patent Description: Patent covers the sending and receiving of streaming audio and video over the Internet.

Crimes Against the Public Domain

  • Laughably broad patent would cover everything from online distribution of home movies to scanned documents and MP3s
  • Threatening dozens of small companies, including many home-grown adult websites
  • Infringement campaign threatens to chill freedom of expression by limiting small companies' and individuals' ability to stream their content online

Prior Art Description

Detailed descriptions of the prior art we need to bust this patent are coming soon.

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