30 May 2008
Summary of Articles
Coordinate
29th May 2008 Websites that are invoiced by VueStar, pls fall in
29th May 2008 Comments on VueStar’s Action
VueStar Technologies
08th Jun 2008 FAQ
04th Jun 2008 Patent Revocation
03rd Jun 2008 Might you have infringed the patent? [Would you be the next person to receive the invoice from VueStar?]
01st Jun 2008 Dealing with Patent Troll
31th May 2008 Possible Prior Art
29th May 2008 Company’s details (Do note that VueStar is a non-GST registered company)
29th May 2008 Images of invoices sent
29th May 2008 Patent details
Public Contribution
05th June 2008 An official reply from IPOS (obtained through our reader Upset Singaporean)
31th May 2008 Revoking “A method of locating web – sites using visual images” Patent
Possible Prior Art
01st Jun 2008 Another Possible Prior Art in 1998
31th May 2008 Refuting VueStar Patent claims based on Possible Prior Art in 1997
News
05th Jun 2008 S’pore followed global process in ‘patent troll’ case [ZD Net Asia]
04th Jun 2008 Student starts campaign online over patent row [Straits Times, subscription required]
03rd Jun 2008 She wants to unite netizens [The New Paper]
30th May 2008 Is the law still not catching up? [ZD Net Asia]
30th May 2008 Email interview with Ron Langford [The New Paper]
30th May 2008 Singapore firm claims to own all graphics links on the web [The Inquirer]
30th May 2008 Patent troll sending out invoices for image hyperlinks [ars technica]
29th May 2008 World of Internet patents lands on Singapore’s shores [ZD Net Asia]
29th May 2008 Local company tells websites to PAY UP [The New Paper]
29th May 2008 New image hyperlinking patent comes under fire in online forums [Asia CNet]
28th May 2008 S’pore firm claims patent to image search [ZD Net Asia]
Forums discussion
05th Jun 2008 Arofanatics got billed S$5,350 (Vuestar) [Arofantics forum]
29th May 2008 VueStar seyz all ur search pages with images are belong to us! [SPUG forum]
29th May 2008 Australian VueStar.biz to sue all websites on internet? [VR Zone forum]
29th May 2008 Is this a legitimate Singapore patent? (Vuestar Tech P/L) [Hardwarezone forum]
29th May 2008 Singapore Firm Claims Patent Breach By Virtually All Websites [slashdot]
Blogs discussion
04th Jun 2008 Some bloggers’ reaction up till date of 03rd June 2008
29th May 2008 An Australian Invented The Internet [Cobalt Paladin]
29th May 2008 Vuestar Technologies Are Patent Trolls? [Internet Marketing Singapore]
29th May 2008 Imaging lnking is patented, websites and blogs affected [Simply Jean]
Findings
08th Jun 2008 The reason behind having Patent holder who is not part of Patent marketing company
04th Jun 2008 Received VueStar invoiced? You may not have infringed patent!
30th May 2008 Who is Ron Langford?
30th May 2008 VueStar Australia patent is ceased due to failure to pay renewal fees