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Date posted	June 28, 2010
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Categories	Documents - Misc
Tags	edward lyda, american idol, sms patent

The actual patent filed by Edward Lyda for a wireless voting system, the basis of his lawsuit against American Idol.

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July 31, 2009 at 2:14 pm

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Oops, I Did It Again! Potential vBulletin Class Action? | The Law Professor says:

November 2, 2009 at 4:33 am

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Patent Lawsuit Against American Idol's SMS Voting | The Law Professor says:

June 28, 2010 at 2:49 pm

[...] about using live audience voting using SMS in a television show.I took a look at the Lyda’s SMS voting patent and was surprised and not surprised at the same time. The background history contained in the [...]

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Michael M. Wechsler is an experienced IP attorney, Internet entrepreneur, noted speaker and quoted author. He founded Apple online community EastNet in 1992 (featured by David Pogue in Macworld Magazine) and later founding TheLaw.com. For several years he served as legal counsel to iVillage, was as an e-discovery legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, was recently SVP of Business Strategy at Zedge, and is currently at the helm of The Law Network.