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Forgent Patent Troll Loses Again
anagama writes "Forgent Networks, a patent troll, got the slap down by a TX jury in May when it invalidated a patent Forgent held regarding video teleconferencing over telephone lines, and today, its motion for a new trial against EchoStar was denied. In fact, the court awarded EchoStar $90k in costs. Forgent probably isn't crying that much though, it already extorted $28m from other defendants. Some of you may recall that Forgent made a business out of cheating companies for jpeg use — till their patent was largely invalidated on that front as well."
[Narrator, Whispering]:
We've secretly replaced their expensive patents with useless Forgent crystals. Let's see if they notice.
[Judge, Cringing]
Ack! I don't like the taste of this one bit - your claim is denied!
[Narrator, Whispering]
Well, there you have it - the legal system can still reject some kinds of landgrabs, when they're wrapped in the form of a patent. We now return you to your regularly scheduled eminent domain rulings.
Ryan Fenton
I just renamed the article before you got there. Oops!
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