Also, if this patent ever made it to court,
IIRC GIAC did not succeed vs APR and they settled.
And an individual, no matter how in the "right", typically can't win vs a company with an actual legal team
The only way to win is to develop a patent portfolio for defense... perhaps the community here can build one... and/or join OIN etc.
Again, I am not a lawyer, but I have had personal experience in patent lawsuits
I didn't read much past the copy protection encryption part, but based on Tony's synopsis and your comments, are you guys saying that the patent contends that the ability to read/write and ECU with different scalars (tune an ECU in essence) is APR's sole property? If so, that's retarded.
Any details on GIAC v. APR? Did they infringe on the general tuning, or specifically with the flash loader or something?