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Re:Meet the nice-guy lawyers who want $1,000 per worker for ... by pravda on Monday April 08, 2013 @12:27AM (#5509976)
Isn't it fairly trivial to get around this patent? Instead of 'one-click' to scan a document and email it, just scan the document to a file and then attach the file to an email.

Training employees to do this would cost less then $1000/employer that the patent holder is asking.

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Re:Meet the nice-guy lawyers who want $1,000 per worker for ... by ScottBurson on Monday April 08, 2013 @02:15AM (#5510227)
It certainly sounded that way from his careful description on the phone call:

"If you said you hooked it up to the Internet, and in one button, you can scan and e-mail directly out—yes, you have violated the patent that we own."

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Re:Meet the nice-guy lawyers who want $1,000 per worker for ... by njharman on Monday April 08, 2013 @04:39AM (#5510603)
I don't believe you actually have to use a thing for the thing to be in violation of patent. Just having created the thing (connecting network to scanner with 1 click scan to email) is in violation of patent.
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Re:Meet the nice-guy lawyers who want $1,000 per worker for ... by joelwilliamson on Monday April 08, 2013 @01:22AM (#5510102)
What I'm interested in is how they determine someone is one-click scanning to email. Do they just bulk mail to businesses and hope their targets use this system?
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