Much like the people who went after Blackberry(RIM) on patent infringement 
(and forced RIM to settle), a patent troll - in my opinion - has reared 
their ugly head in electronic records management.  The new patent 
"generally relates to enabling individuals in an enterprise to uniformly 
classify records."   That wonderfully generic statement could apply to any 
current electronic records management (ERM) software vendor.

Here is the link to the amazingly detailess business wire.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090810005447&newsLang=en

Since patent trolls have been known to go after the customers of the 
patent, this will require end users to make sure any contract with an ERM 
software vendor include a patent indemnity clause.
 
Kevin Tisdel 
Director of Corporate Compliance
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.


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