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bwestfall

Joined: 22 Oct 2008
Posts: 131
Location: Portland, OR

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:53 am Post subject: runwayfinder

I’m probably the last to know but it appears runwayfinder agreed to a flightprep license and is back in operation.  Flightprep’s actions really pisses me off.  

 

I worked for a software/web company a while back that ended up settling a patent lawsuit filed against it for $2M.  The money was paid out of the proceeds from the sale of the company.  The suing company did not make any money they just covered their costs.  The lawyers combined from both sides netted somewhere between $3-4M in roughly a 2 year process.  The patent clearly did not apply using the laws of common sense (and probably would not have held up in continuing the trial) but in the end was cheaper to settle than continue to fight it.

 

I hope that flight-un-prep withers and dies

 

Ben Westfall

PDX

 

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Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2881

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:10 am Post subject: runwayfinder

I saw that when it happened.  I thought too that it's unfortunate

that yet another person got the matter settled WITHOUT

winning a lawsuit, so now it can continue, and of course

without anyone knowing the details.  Personally, I hope that

FlightPrep still got enough bad press that they just

dissolve.  There are plenty of iPad and other EFB vendors

out there...it will be nice to see FlightPrep just

disappear as punishment.  We don't need those types in our

hobby.



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD

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On 4/22/2011 10:48 AM, Ben Westfall wrote:

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		   I’m probably the last to know but it appears runwayfinder agreed to a

 flightprep license and is back in operation. Flightprep’s actions really

 pisses me off.



 I worked for a software/web company a while back that ended up settling

 a patent lawsuit filed against it for $2M. The money was paid out of the

 proceeds from the sale of the company. The suing company did not make

 any money they just covered their costs. The lawyers combined from both

 sides netted somewhere between $3-4M in roughly a 2 year process. The

 patent clearly did not apply using the laws of common sense (and

 probably would not have held up in continuing the trial) but in the end

 was cheaper to settle than continue to fight it.



 I hope that flight-un-prep withers and dies



 Ben Westfall



 PDX



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Albert Gardner

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 455
Location: Yuma, AZ

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:00 am Post subject: runwayfinder

You know of course, that you are funneling money to these guys when you buy

products from ASA (Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc), ASA publishes many

aviation books like the FAR/AIM 2010 on my bookshelf. Now I look for the

winged asa logo on anything I buy.

Albert Gardner

N991RV

Yuma, AZ



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