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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. re: more acronym fun by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 2, Informative
    the entire article doesn't mention once what NTP means. They hinted at it but I'm still not sure. I shouldn't even have to ask but what does NTP stand for?! And better yet, why does slashdot always post articles with acronyms without explaining what they mean once before turning them into an acronym? (a basic rule of english composition) Do they just assume everyone knows every tech acronym that exists?
    http://www.acronymfinder.com/ might come in handy. Although it doesn't cover company names, which this is. Maybe the company doesn't have a full name....just a few letters.
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  2. What NTP stands for by Thansal · · Score: 4, Informative

    #16787401

    NTP, as far as I can tell, is simply "NTP, Inc" it is not an acronym like RIM (research In Motion).

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  3. NTP stands for "New Technology Products"... by MillenneumMan · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...or at least that is the best that Stout can recall. From an article in Virginia Business Magazine http://www.virginiabusiness.com/magazine/yr2005/se p05/law.shtml "...the inventor came up with the name. Stout does not even remember what it stands for, but thinks it was originally New Technology Products."