RE: [Asrg] US Spam patents: Partial list

"Bob Wyman" <bob@wyman.us> Sat, 21 June 2003 19:54 UTC

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From: Bob Wyman <bob@wyman.us>
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Cc: 'Yakov Shafranovich' <research@solidmatrix.com>
Subject: RE: [Asrg] US Spam patents: Partial list
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Another patent should be added to the list of patents relevant to spam.
This one may have implications for C/R related methods.

US Patent: 6,246,996 "Computerized system for facilitating transactions
between parties on the internet using e-mail" Granted: June 12, 2001
Based on initial filing on Sep. 16, 1994.
See:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6246996

The inventors are: Lee Stein, Einar Stefferud, Nathaniel Borenstein, and
Marshall Rose...





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