The GNOME Foundation announced the start of a patent lawsuit. The plaintiff was Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. The subject of the dispute is patent infringement 9,936,086 in the Shotwell photo manager. The above patent from 2008 describes a technique for wirelessly connecting an image capturing device (phone, webcam) to an image receiving device (PC) and then selectively transmitting images filtered by date, location, and other parameters.
The GNOME Foundation considers the lawsuit unfounded and is preparing to defend its rights in court. Claimant is Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC,
is a patent troll that parasitizes small companies that do not always have the means to litigate.
Source: linux.org.ru