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Old 12-16-2010, 12:03 PM
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This morning's AVWeb is somewhat revealing.


Jeppesen, AOPA Ignore FlightPrep Patent


AOPA and Jeppesen, two of the largest players in the online flight planning business say a patent obtained by FlightPrep doesn't affect their products and they are not willing to discuss it. In a statement released Wednesday, AOPA says it will not meet with FlightPrep to discuss the patent and it will be business as usual for the product it provides. In fact, there's a new version coming out in a few weeks. FlightPrep didn't directly comment on AOPA and Jepp's reaction and had this to say. "FlightPrep has been in contact with Tom Haines and AOPA regarding our patent and online planner technology since 2007. FlightPrep is a small Oregon based business that is a proud AOPA advertiser, AOPA Summit participant, and our staff are proud members of AOPA as well as AOPA political action supporters" As we reported in Wednesday's AVwebBiz, RunwayFinder, a popular online flight planning site, shut down in the face of a lawsuit from FlightPrep.
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Old 12-16-2010, 12:11 PM
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And FlightAware's response was similar to AOPA/Jeppesen. Maybe RunwayFinder will be back with a tweak or two. And maybe SkyVector might be able to nullify their agreement.

http://flightaware.com/news/article/...rep-Patent/147
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Old 12-16-2010, 12:42 PM
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How many of us has expressed their opinion directly to Flightprep? It's very easy to look up their sales department's email address & drop 'em a line; I just did.

sales@flightprep.com

There are many ways for a free market to operate....

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Old 12-16-2010, 12:57 PM
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Here's a newly released podcast from Avweb with FlightPrep:

http://www.avweb.com/podcast/podcast..._203795-1.html
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Old 12-16-2010, 01:17 PM
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Here's another way to make your voice heard. This is a direct phone number to Mr. Stenbock, an owner of FlightPrep.

http://stenbock.com/About_Us.html
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Old 12-16-2010, 01:19 PM
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More from AvWeb.

FlightPrep Seems To Losing The Battle For The Hearts, Minds And Wallets Of The Online Flight Planning Biz...........

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...1-4db7459bde2a
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Old 12-16-2010, 01:28 PM
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How many of us has expressed their opinion directly to Flightprep? It's very easy to look up their sales department's email address & drop 'em a line; I just did.

sales@flightprep.com

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Old 12-16-2010, 03:55 PM
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This story is expanding across the internet. Here is an editorial from a non-aviation website - http://www.techdirt.com/blog.php?com...ition=techdirt

Also, after congress bailed out on patent reform earlier this year, it looks like the Supreme Court may decide on how broad patents can be - http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010...e-patents.html
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Old 12-16-2010, 06:20 PM
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Since runwayfinder doesn't make money, why would they pay for a license?
Point of note: aside from any deals with ForeFlight and such, Runwayfinder.com contained google tex ads...which if you clicked on them, would make Runwayfinder money. (Although possibly not a profit...who knows.)
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Old 12-16-2010, 06:38 PM
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According to this EAA article, FltPlan.com maintains that they do not infringe on the patent held by FlightPrep. http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-12-16_fltplan.asp

I suppose that the larger companies will stand up to bullying from FlightPrep and maybe this will eventually clear a path for RunwayFinder and other little guys.
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