Patents are only enforceable in the countries they are registered in (PhilC lives in the UK I believe). At worst, Phil would have to stop selling in Spain and/or the US where the patents were filed. 2) There is a legal concept called 'prior art', so unless Reyes filed for the patent and publicly sated as much before PhilC began selling the product, they would have nothing, and would get nothing. 3) Software patents suck (basically, a software patent is one which covers a process as described in software. Problem is, software is rather limited in what it can do, so it's very easy to become what is known as a "patent troll" - see also Eolas v. Microsoft, or the Blackberry patent case against RIM...). We really need reform - badly. 4) They can bluff and bluster all they want, but if PhilC has prior art going for him, they can be safely ignored unless/until they file a lawsuit. If Reyes loses that suit, they have to pay PhilC for his legal fees, time spent, and PhilC could possibly even counter-sue under any possible frivolous lawsuits. If I were Phil, I'd ask a lawyer and see what's up. /P

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Subject: Reyes and Philc