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Blackberry Injunction Postponed
Astin writes "The PTO has rejected the last of the NTP patents against Research in Motion. On top of this, Judge Spencer has decided that Blackberry service won't be shut down today, but he will issue a decision on the injunction 'as soon as reasonably possible.' RIM CEO Jim Balsillie just said on CNBC that it's 'quite possible' that NTP won't see any settlement from RIM at all now."
Interesting system in het States: no valid patents, but stil possible infringement... But then, hey, I'm a stupid European ;-0
Patent squatting should forfeit the rights to a patent after, say, 3 years if no progress has been made. For example, if Company A patents something, then sits on it for years. Company B makes a device that uses A's patent, but A has done nothing with it said patent. If A can't prove that they are working on developing the invention in the patent, then the patent is voided. That includes you, hoverboard patent!
:-D
Vote for me in 2008 and I will see this passed into law
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
The famous U.S. v. United Shoe Machinery Company case of 1941.
United Shoe was caught abusing its patent portfolio to keep competitors at bay; this was the same rationale that got Rambus into a lot of trouble a few years back when courts said Rambus' patents on certain computer memory designs was used to keep DDR-SDRAM technology at bay in favor of Rambus' own RDRAM technology.
In short, NTP was abusing US patent laws to keep a competitor at bay.
SCREW NTP!! Rat bastards!
Yay.. I mean what the hell.. I can't understand how you can patent an idea like e-mail / txt through a wireless device..
Why what a great leap of logic for me to want to get my e-mail or stay in touch remotely.. however did the great minds at NTP think that up. Oh how did they ever come up with the idea.. Patent a very specific way to do something.. don't hand out patents for vauge ideas.
I wonder if can patent and new way of doing business in which people give me money for services and or goods and I refuse to give them exact change. Then anyone who rounds up a coffee or newspaper will owe me a crap load of money!! Whoot.. where's the nearest Mercedes dealership!
Stupid people.. I tell you.. back in my day AirWolf wouldn't have sorted this out in no time.
Nothin is more AirWolf than AirWolf!
you have no understanding of the case, but want to give your useless opinion
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