GNOME Foundation about the commencement of legal proceedings initiated by Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. In the presented patent infringement will be charged in the Shotwell photo manager. The GNOME Foundation has already hired a lawyer and intends to vigorously defend itself against the baseless accusation. Due to ongoing proceedings, the organization has so far refrained from more detailed comments on the chosen protection strategy.
The patent βSystem and Method for Wireless Image Distributionβ, which appears in the case, is dated 2008 and describes a technique for wirelessly connecting an image capturing device (phone, webcam) to an image receiving device (computer) and then selectively transmitting images filtered by date, location, and others. parameters.
The lawsuit states that Shotwell supports importing and filtering images from external digital cameras, allowing users to organize and share photos on social networks and photo services. According to the plaintiff, to infringe the patent, it is enough to have the function of importing from the camera, the ability to group images according to certain criteria and send images to external sites (sending photos to a social network is treated as transmission via a wireless communication channel).
Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC a classic patent troll, living mainly on lawsuits against small start-ups and companies that do not have the resources for lengthy litigation and patent insolvency, for example, through revealing the facts of earlier use of technologies described in patents (Prior art). The company does not conduct development and production activities, so it is impossible to file a counterclaim against it.
Source: opennet.ru