Suing one or two companies is understandable. But 397? Just look at the list of entities sued[1]. It's ludicrous. It's desperate; they're making baseless accusa

Suing one or two companies is understandable. But 397? Just look at the list of entities sued[1]. It's ludicrous. It's desperate; they're making baseless accusations in the hope that one of them sticks. I'm against software patents so I'm biased here, but the patent[2] is very restrictive anyway: "a software interface [that] organizes information predicated upon the geographical area of the resources about which the information is desired" (how many website have you used that show you a map?). That kind of patent doesn't encourage innovation. Far from it: it encourages the defensive measure of overly-patenting. [1]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/49912651/11-03-01-GeoTag-Defendants http://www.scribd.com/doc/49912651/11-03-01-GeoTag-Defendant... [2]: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5,930,474.PN.&OS=PN/5,930,474&RS=PN/5,930,474 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sec...