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FlightPrep Patents Online Flight Planning, Starts Shaking Down Everyone
SkyVector? Handing over a huge percentage of gross. RunwayFinder? Shut down after a $3.2M/mo lawsuit. Who's next? (blog.runwayfinder.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It looks like Flightprep is a failing company that thinks suing free web sites is the solution to their problems. Their patent seems bogus, but I'm sure they can destroy tons of free services before someone proves that. The only way that people like us can help is by spreading the word and voting with our wallets -- not that I think many people are actually paying flightprep to begin with.
Dave isn't allowing any discussion of his agreement w/ FlightPrep in the SkyVector forums, but count me among the disappointed. I can't see this working out well for him in the long run with the precedent he has helped set.
flightprep flightsmep, they are dead to me now, i may make t shirts
This really, really sucks, and I will be incredibly PO'd if this in anyway impacts my service with ForeFlight as I completely love and endorse the product.
..........i didnt even think about ForeFlight! ahhh i have lost all hope in mankind.......sigh
Yeah, doesn't ForeFlight use RunwayFinder somehow or another when generating its maps?? Can I sue FlightPrep for damages since the only reason I decided to purchase the iPad was for ForeFlight??
From FlightPrep’s attorney’s letter of December 9th to RunwayFinder: “While we appreciate your offer to shut down the website to stop future infringement, we notice that your website is still operation. And without further information from you, our only means to assess the potential damages is the observation that your website had 22,256 unique visitors in July 2010. Each visit represents a potential lost sale of our client’s patented invention at $149 per sale. This damage calculation exceeds $3.2 million per month in lost revenue.”
Gotta love that kind of logic. :(
Gotta love that kind of logic. :(