Tired of bogus software patents? So are we! To combat these annoying and often dangerous legal weapons, EFF has launched the Patent Busting Project to take down some of worst offenders.

We need your help! Take a look at the Top Ten Most Wanted culprits on our list, and let us know if you have any leads on technology that predates them (called "prior art") that we can use to challenge their validity. Click on a patent to find out more.

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Acacia Research
Streaming Media Patent Clear Channel/Live Nation
Live Concert Recording Patent

Acceris
VoIP Patent Sheldon F. Goldberg
Online Gaming Patent

Ideaflood/Hoshiko
Personalized Sub-domain patent Neomedia Technologies
Identifier/Directory Lookup Patent

Test.com
Online Test-Taking Patent Nintendo
Handheld Software Emulation Patent

Firepond/Polaris
Natural Language Processing Patent Seer Systems
Digital Music Encoding Patent