000306	09-worst-of-the-worst_wmp_a_16.wma
000000	ERIK SCHMIDT: So you've got ten on the most wanted list, two of which you've knocked down, a couple of which you're getting ready to knock down hopefully.
000011	What's the single patent that you are most anxious to get rid of?
000021	JASON SCHULTZ: Well, right now, I'm most agitated about the Goldberg patent.
000028	Which fortunately we're actually very close to filing on so I'm excited about that.
000031	It's a patent on a number of different video game kind of techniques or, actually, online game techniques that are very primitive and fundamental.
000044	Some of them are simply about showing ads while people are playing games.
000048	Some of the techniques are about tournament games online, just the general notion that people could sign up and play against each other.
000056	And some of them are about rankings and that having sort of real-time online updated rankings.
000104	These are sort of fundamental things that people now use when they run any kind of online tournament, especially card games, blackjack, poker, these kinds of things.
000114	And the reason this patent actually came on to our list was because the patent owner was not going after the multimillion dollar poker sites 
000126	or Blizzard Entertainment or the Warcrafts or anything where there are online competitions.
000134	But rather there were a number of small businesses that had just set up their own little card playing sites on the Internet
000141	running a server out of their back bedroom or something.
000144	And Sheldon Goldberg and his attorney had gone after them.
000150	So I'm particularly excited to knock that one down.
000153	The other one that's on our list that I would love to get at is Acacia's media streaming patents.
000200	These are actually a series of five patents, but there's one fundamental patent that we're trying to bust 
000205	where it's basically just the idea of streaming audio or video online to a Web browser from any website.
000215	And in particular they have upset me because they have not just gone after private video streaming of goofy accidents or video blogging 
000228	or whatnot, but they've gone after educational institutions.
000231	They have sent out the letters, threat letters to over 5000 colleges and universities saying that if you put your lectures, their classroom lectures online 
000240	and your students can watch them.
000242	You are violating the patent rights and owe them anywhere from $5000 to $50,000 a year in licensing fees.
000250	And they have gone after everyone from Harvard University to Truckee Meadow Community College for allegedly infringing their patents by teaching online.
000302	So that's the other one kind of gets me that I really would like to see that taken down.