Talk:Brian Camelio/Sandbox/Patent dispute (Brian Camelio, under discussion)



Patent dispute (section to be included in Brian Camelio, debate closed)

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On February 8, 2011 Camelio was granted U.S. patent 7,885,887, entitled "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work". The patent covers a method for crowdfunding. Camelio attempted to license the patent to Kickstarter, but on September 30, 2011, Kickstarter filed a lawsuit to have the patent declared invalid and not infringed. Kickstarter was afraid they might get sued for patent infringement and wanted to remove the threat. In February 2012, Fan Funded, the current owner of the patent, asked the judge to dismiss the case claiming that patent infringement litigation was never threatened, that "ArtistShare merely approached KickStarter about licensing their platform, including patent rights", and that "rather than responding to ArtistShare's request for a counter-proposal, Kickstarter filed this lawsuit." The judge has ruled, however, that the case can go forward. ArtistShare has responded by filing a counterclaim alleging that Kickstarter is indeed infringing its patent.