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Another NTP Patent Invalidated

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

darkmeridian writes "Bloomberg reports that the PTO has granted a non-final rejection of a third NTP patent asserted against Research in Motion in the Blackberry litigation. Five patents have been asserted against RIM, and only one of the three rejected has been found to be valid and infringed. Yet this development helps RIM as it seeks to avoid an injunction against operation of the Blackberry network pending appeal."

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  1. Re:They wont shutdown anyway by Funakoshi · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're right. Patents do suck. People are in no way entitled to whats theirs, and everyone should have access to profit from other peoples ideas. Moreoever, I should be allowed to open a restaurant called McDonald and use a big yellow M as my logo. But I'll sell uncooked chicken there, so when people get sick, the headline will read: "McDonald's sells uncooked chicken" and then the OTHER guys will get the bad press too. I'll also create an OS and call it Windows. And it wont work most of the time. Well, ok, so that wouldn't be that different. Anyways, my point is that patents do suck, unless its your idea they're protecting.