Company ignores giants, sues small fry over wishlist patent

There's a reason they're avoiding the giants. They can knock out the little guys who can't mount much of a defense, and then use it as a precedent to go after bigger fish who can give them hard cold cash. Amazon would pony up the big guns lawyers and squash these bugs - tiny startup types will roll over and die because they can't weather it.

Of course, I can't imagine demonstrating prior art on a "Method and apparatus for creation and maintenance of database structure." is going to be very difficult if the patent as awarded in 2005.

"Method and apparatus for creation and maintenance of database structure."

Clown-shoes. I think they also hold the patent on "process and action of making outlandishly stupid patent claims".

I think they should be sued for wasting the patent office's and court's time.