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Patent Trolls Strike Again 12 years ago

And this time, at something that I hold dear:

Rackspace accused of patent infringement for hosting Github
(via Hacker News)

Here is the press release.

Decent summation of the action so far from the above thread discussion:

krrose27 2 hours ago | link

Rackspace isn't the only one being sued by the troll today.
Rackspace[1] Nexsan[2] Yahoo[3]
It also appears that this is the second round. (From 2011)
Caringo[4] NEC Corportation[5] Google[6] EMC/Vmware[7]
[1]http://www.scribd.com/doc/106190890/PersonalWeb-Technologies... [2]http://www.scribd.com/doc/106190872/PersonalWeb-Technologies... [3]http://www.scribd.com/doc/106190829/PersonalWeb-Technologies... [4]http://www.scribd.com/doc/75152879/PersonalWeb-Technologies-... [5]http://www.scribd.com/doc/75137853/PersonalWeb-Technologies-... [6]http://www.scribd.com/doc/75142772/PersonalWeb-Technologies-... [7]http://www.scribd.com/doc/75152912/PersonalWeb-Technologies-...