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NTP Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the trolling-for-dollars dept.

UltraAyla writes, "NTP's patent suits seem to have attracted the attention of Oren Tavory, a man who claims to have worked on a project with NTP founder Thomas Campana back in 1991. From the article: 'In September, Tavory filed a lawsuit against NTP in U.S. District Court in Richmond, VA, demanding that a judge issue a court order naming him as co-inventor on seven NTP patents, and accusing NTP of copyright infringement and unjust enrichment.'"

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  1. NTP by nacturation · · Score: 1, Funny

    I take it NTP isn't an acronym for "No To Patents"?

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  2. Lawyers FTW! by paladinwannabe2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, Lawsuits. Is there any problem you can't solve?

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    1. Re: Lawyers FTW! by DittoBox · · Score: 5, Funny
      Ah, Lawsuits. Is there any problem you can't solve?

      Yes. The lawyers don't keel over and die when they're finished, like the should.

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  3. You know what they say by MyNameIsEarl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Live by the patent, die by the patent. Or maybe it was swords. Nah I'm pretty sure it was patent.

  4. "unjust enrichment" by bunions · · Score: 5, Funny

    the fact that you can actually sue someone for "unjust enrichment" is sort of awesome.

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  5. "unjust enrichment" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "the fact that you can actually sue someone for 'unjust enrichment' is sort of awesome."

    Well if you can invade a country for simply suspecting unjust enrichment, I'd think being able to sue for it is a given. *Ba-dum*ching*

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  6. Come to Think of It... by faqmaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's all sue NTP. I read a sci-fi novel back in the day where messages were zipping around in space. I thought a lot about it. Surely that qualifies as early work on wireless email?

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  7. Pardon me if I am trolling.... by Demanche · · Score: 2, Funny

    But this guy sounds like he should open his own holding company, if he wins this he can be the one that squanders the squanders... I actually wish him luck!

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  8. NTP by maxrate · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate NTP (the company) because of the lawsuit against RIM. But to make matters worse for myself - my mind has since associated NTP the company with NTP the time protocol. Everytime I have to setup a NTP connection to a server I think of RIM. However when I think of RIM, I think of a RIM job. No, not a job a RIM. Yes this is off-topic - but I had to get this off my chest.

  9. Sounds Like... *Waves hands wildly* by Stanistani · · Score: 4, Funny

    Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of [lawyer] that thrives on [patent trolls].

    Lisa: But then we're stuck with [lawyers]!

    Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the [lawyers] simply freeze to death.

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  10. clocks? by pe1chl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does that mean we can no longer keep our clocks synchronized without paying royalties?

  11. Qui-Gonn Jin says... by theMAGE · · Score: 2, Funny

    "There is always a bigger fish."

  12. OpenNTP by Gothmolly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aren't most people running OpenNTP these days?

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  13. one of the patents... by Ubergrendle · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...was apparently for threaded message posting on an online web forum.

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  14. Reply to a post by dmatos · · Score: 2, Funny
    I hate NTP (the company) because of the lawsuit against RIM. But to make matters worse for myself - my mind has since associated NTP the company with NTP the time protocol. Everytime I have to setup a NTP connection to a server I think of RIM. However when I think of RIM, I think of a RIM job. No, not a job a RIM. Yes this is off-topic - but I had to get this off my chest.


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