Thankfully, Michael Skelps stood up for what is fair and just.
I read elsewhere on the net many statements made by Peter Wolf, where he stated something to the effect of "Once
my website went live in 1999, everyone copied my ideas."
Seriously? Such appalling hubris! As if everyone even HEARD of Wolf or his website, let alone seen it or "copied" it.
What happened in the late 90's was the coincidence of internet access getting faster (critical for consuming image
data) and getting more universally adopted in US households, combined with digital camera becoming more
affordable, available, and becoming more capable of being used in event photography. The simultaneous
occurrence of both of these essential ingredients is where the photographers I know got the "idea"... not from seeing
Wolf's website. That Wolf takes personal credit for "inventing" the assemblage of concepts contained in the patents
currently being challenged just goes to show how prideful his thinking about his self credited "revolution" of
photography.
A proverb states "Pride goeth before a fall." And I suspect that these feeble patents, once finally and fully
challenged, will fall.