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# The EFF wins a major podcasting patent battle
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2015/04/eff-podcast-patent-troll/
- Published: 2015-04-11T13:43:26.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-11T13:45:19.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: eff, patents, podcasting

[Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-busts-podcasting-patent-invalidating-key-claims-patent-office?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> San Francisco – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) invalidated key claims in the so-called “podcasting patent” today after a petition for review from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)—a decision that significantly curtails the ability of a patent troll to threaten podcasters big and small.

This is excellent news. The idea that a patent derived from the [cassettes-by-mail](http://boingboing.net/2015/04/10/eff-busts-podcasting-patent-i.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) era could have stifled podcasting? Chilling.