Altnet Seeks Patent Royalties from Filesharing Networks
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Altnet Inc, an company affiliated with Kazaa, is seeking patent royalties from competitors of Kazaa who use a commmon technique called filename hashing.
News, Chronology, Media Echo
2005-01-13 US The Inquirer: We own file sharing code claim
2005-01-13 US Washington Post: Patents Pressed Against File-Sharing Networks
2005-01-12 US CNet: Altnet seeks patent royalties from P2P
2005-01-12 WW Ian Clarke: Altnet goes after p2p networks with obvious patent
2005-01-12 US P2Pnet: Altnet tries TrueNames on p2p ops
2005-01-12 US P2Pnet: Altnet 'extortion' attempt
2005-01-12 WW P2Pnet: Altnet has vowed to protect its claims by all available means, including litigation
2005-01-12 US Washington Post: Letter Applies Peer-to-Peer Pressure (partners of the Kazaa network claim they have patents that cover most of peer-to-peer networking)
US Patents and European Counterparts
One of the patents involved: EP826181 Identifying data in a data processing system
