Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Abelow

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The result was redirect to Lodsys#Patents. L Faraone 13:12, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Abelow[edit]

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Only real source of notability appears to be that he is the patent holder for a company that is famous for patent trolling. Delete in my books. Sasquatch t|c 22:36, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please, don't delete as he deserves to be on Wikipedia. He has been cited in forbs and his inventions have been licensed more than 200 leading companies that include Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Verizon, Sony, Netflix much more.--Ceecily (talk) 22:48, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The article at Forbes has exactly this to say: "But maybe this licensing revenue is rewarding a worthy inventor? The inventor of Lodsys’s four patents is a consultant named Dan Abelow with a background in economics. If Abelow has ever produced any useful products or services, that fact isn’t evident from his Lodsys bio and his website." Even Forbes doesn't make it sound like he is notable. There is also no evidence that any of his patents have actually been licensed to the companies you named unless it was to settle a patent troll suit. Sasquatch t|c 23:01, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind reply. Do you think [1] would help?--Ceecily (talk) 23:25, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No. You haven't proved anything in relation to notability policy. Sasquatch t|c 19:14, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:42, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Lodsys#Patents. There is no significant coverage about Abelow. What mentions he does get is basically that he sold is patents to Lodsys. -- Whpq (talk) 16:27, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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