Steve Wertz wrote:
>
> On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:41:16 GMT, Reg wrote:
>
> > How'd you find it? Internet sleuthing, sheer memory,
> > or some combination?
>
> You want I should give up all my secrets? OK. I ignored the idea
> that it was any sort of foodsaver, which would have skewed the
> reults.
>
> My 2nd try was after the model # was "F.L.A.E.M vacuum" using
> altavista.com rather than Google - Google would have condensed
> "F.L.A.E.M" to "flaem", even in quotes - which is another reason
> why I hate Google.

Altavista in my search engine of choice as well. I always get better
results there than any of the much hyped "spam engines".

>
> Have I mentioned I hate Tilia, too? Here's another article
> regarding lawsuits by Tilia:
> http://www.imakenews.com/bakerbotts/...e000215236.cfm

Dunno, just sounds like they are trying to protect their product. May or
may not have merits, but at least they are referencing a patent for a
product they actually produce which is far better than the scam-like
patent holding companies that exist to do nothing but buy patents and
produce lawsuits.

Pete C.