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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. 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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  2. 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.

  3. "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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  4. 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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  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. THIS will bring about Patent Reform by mpapet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Patenting the shape of the corners of a gift card and the tsunami of other meaningless patents overwhelming the PTO will not bring about patent reform. Working the PTO, like most gov't jobs is something private industry doesn't want to do and is a relatively small portion of the Gov budget. Crying about the extra work and hiring 1 for every 100 requested reviewers is about the only way it's being addressed right now.

    Clogging the (I assume federal) courts with patent related litigation will. Why? Because the courts will be asking for many more judges, clerks, infrastructure, (money$$$) to address the tidal wave of litigation.

    Judges and their courts are much more expensive and much more respected than mere patent workers.

    The more litigation related to frivolous patents, the better.

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  7. 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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