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RIM Chairman Wants Changes to U.S. Patent Law
florescent_beige writes "The Globe and Mail is reporting that James Balsillie '... called on U.S. lawmakers yesterday to fix a system that he says boxed the company into one of the largest legal settlements in U.S. history.' Although this will do nothing to change the $612.5M(US) settlement RIM was forced to sign with NTP, Mr. Balsille says he wants to help 'assure that no other company experiences what we endured over the past five years.' Mr Balsillie's rhetoric was direct: he said RIM's treatment at trial was like '... a judge in a murder case pondering execution while ignoring DNA evidence that exonerates the accused ... RIM was virtually held up for ransom by NTP...'"
'assure[sic] that no other company experiences what we endured over the past five years.'
God, I hope that's what he actually said, and some jerk along the way didn't just mangle it into making him sound like a total idiot.
I am unamerican, and proud of it!
Unlike you, Karma whoring by whining about someones on topic query being a Karma whorejob.
Karma whoring? Yeah, like my bitch is going to be moderated up, moron. It has zero indication of being a karma whore.
Yes: the fact that NTP's patents were on SMTP - via wireless!
I wonder if anyone's patented SMTP - via quantum entanglement! - yet, or if it's still up for grabs.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Since when did having a prototype, or even being hypothetically possible, start being a requirement again?
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Mod the parent up. I started scanning the comments to see if anyone would call bullshit on this article or not. NTP is NOT a patent troll. There are many other cases of patent troll companies, but this is not one of them. Oddly enough, this is one case where the US patent system appears to have worked as intended.